The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

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Summary: Sisterhood is fun, insightful for teen girls
Review: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants will have great appeal for teenage girls, especially those in middle school. The story of four best friends separated for the first time during the summer, it follows each as they learn about love, friendship and families. The individual stories of the four are joined together by their letters back and fourth and a pair of pants that somehow fits each of the perfectly. Along with letters, they send the pants back and fourth in moral support of the wearer. This book may not win any awards, but it is a fun, somewhat insightful romp through summer adventures with the four friends.

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Summary: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares is a delightfull, coming of age story that teenage girls will enjoy from beginning to end. Follow the jouney of thepants as it becomes a magical element of four girls summer experiences. The girls learn about themselves, about each other and about growing up all with the help and comfort of th traveling pants.

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Summary: A Summer With the Sisterhood!
Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about friendship, and about growing up. It is the story of four life-long friends, Lena, Bridget, Carmen and Tibby, and the first summer they spend apart. The magical pants become the representation of their friendship, and all they have to offer each other. When one of them wears the pants, it is like the other three are standing right there beside them. They all have expectations of what their summers will be like, but they each experience a summer they will never forget. The story unfolds as their summers unfold, and they learn about families, stepfamilies, love, sex, relationships, and even death. Most importantly, they learn about themselves, and about a friendship so deep that they can be there for each other without saying a word. By the end of the summer, they have all grown in ways they never expected. It is a book you will not be able to put down, as you laugh and cry with the sisterhood.

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Summary: what else can i say?
Review: completely stunned that this book was spectacular... awesome... you know, i expected that it would be good, bc my friend meg recommended it to me, but then I was faced with the connections and feelings of the girls. By the author taking the four different, yet connected girls, and solidifying the figuritive bonds with such a concrete symbol, it was possible to share so many different views. This book deals with the issues of death, love, anger, confusion, lust, divorce... i could go on but you really have to read it. I will promise this- no matter what your age, shape, mentality, you will find something that will connect you to the story and cause a kaleidoscope of emotions that will make you sad to see it [the story] end. This book will be running through my head indefinitely... i just finished it, and i'm already looking for more. This is truly a completely incredible read!

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Summary: Life lessons
Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashare is about four young girls who have been best friends since they were born. The girls are looking forward to their summer vacation, but at the same time are saddened that they will be separated. They have made a pact to say connected through a pair of thrift store jeans, which they will take turns wearing during their excursions. Brashares has given each girl a distinct personality, yet it is believable how these four girls would be steadfast friends. Individually, each girl goes through a personal experience that forces her to rely solely on herself. Leena spends her summer in Greece with her grandparents and spends most of her time ignoring her true feelings. Bridget goes away to soccer camp where she lets her impulsive behavior get the better of her. Carmen's fiery temper explodes when her expectations of having her father all to herself quickly come to a halt. Finally, Tibby who is disappointed that she too isn't off on an adventure somewhere, befriends a young girl who shows Tibby that she has no reason to be feeling sorry for herself. This is a heartfelt story of friendship that will take the reader along with the girls and yearn for their chance to wear the traveling pants.

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Summary: A story that you don't want to end
Review: This is the kind of story that makes you cry, laugh, and feel what the characters are feeling. This may be the best book that I have ever read! I cryed when this book ened and I totally related to the story. It has great character development and is worth whatever you have to pay to own this book.

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Summary: Magic Britches
Review: My 12-year-old daughter and I both LOVED this book, although it made us cry real tears in spots. Despite the beginning, which makes you think that this will be the customary stereotype-based "Babysitters Club" routine, the novel is full of surprises. The jockette has to overcome more than sports challenges; the cynical child of former hippies is thrust into the world of drudgery by her job at "Wal-Mans;" the model-beautiful girl discovers her fallibility; the half-Puerto Rican lass who has always yearned for the Aryan perfect family of fifties sitcoms learns to overcome her anger when her father achieves just that, leaving her out. There is a definite underlying sexuality that is alluded to more explicitly than I sometimes felt comfortable with as my daughter and I read it together, but she was completely unfazed. This is the modern *Little Women,* complete with the balance of truth and sentimentality that appeals most to adolescents. Like the magic pants themselves, this book is very likely to fit all.

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Summary: A Must READ!
Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling pants is about four best friends who found a "magic" pair of pants that flatters all of their figures, even though they have completely different body types. They head off for the summer and keep in touch by sending the pants to each other. Each person has to write to tell of their experience with the pants. This book is awesome! I'm passing on my book to all of my girlfriends.

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I originally ordered this book because it sounded somewhat interesting, but I ended up loving it. The story of these girls was very similar to that of me and my friends so I felt as if I had a connection with the book. I ended up being so wrapped up in the book that I read it all in one day. I have since passed the book around to every single one of my best friends who all loved it. So there are 9 people who loved it, and you will too!

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Summary: Well written!
Review: This was a great summer read- it was interesting and funny! The story about the 4 girls was really great, but I personaly thought it would have been better w/out the "magic pants", because they took away from how realistic the rest of the story was. I thought this was a very worthwhile book and would recomend it as good summer reading.