Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants

I have recently started reading The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants. It is about four best friends named Carmen, Bridget, Lena, and Tibby, who try on the same pair of pants, and it fits them all even though they have different body builds. They decide to call it the "magic pants" for this reason. Because of their travels, they will not be seeing each other throughout the summer. As a result, they decide to communicate by using the pants. They will send it to each other throughout the summer, and on one side of they pants, they will write what the most exciting thing was that happened to them, and what the most important thing was that happened while wearing the pants. Here is each of the character's summers so far:

Tibby: Hates working at Wallman's. She knows she has to go through it though to save up for a car. She wishes she were with her friends instead.

Lena: Is at her grandparents house in Greece. During a dinner party, she meets Kostos, who is one of her grandparents neighbors. Lena is in love with him. Her sister Effie, is in love with him as well.

Bridget: Is excited to be at soccer camp in Baja, California! She is also in love, but with the soccer coach.

Carmen: Really dislikes her summer so far. She thought that going to her dad's place would be fun, but then she found out he had a fiancé, she was upset. Carmen wishes her father did not have a girlfriend, and it was just her and him.

This was a very creative idea on the author's part. The author's name is Ann Brashares. She has written the Sisterhood series, My Name is Memory, and many more. If you are in for an exciting book full of fun and wonder, you should definitely read this novel!