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Summary: i loved this book!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Review: OMG! i loved this book. i would suggest this book to any teenage girl.this is a book about true bonding and it's a wonderful story plot. everyone should read this book!
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I thought it would be better, but it was pretty good. I've never read a book like it. I liked the way that there was more than one main character, all with their own problems that they have to solve by the end of the summer.
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Summary: suprisingly entertaining book
Review: my mom bought this book for me during a weekend convention and i figured it would be boring and slow-moving like many of the books she purchases for me. the title also seemed a little over the top like the book might seem to "try to hard" or something. i started reading it, however, and although at the beginning the characters were just a little hard to keep track of after the first chapter i couldn't put the book down. i read the book within a couple hours, wishing the book would last for days. The four different stories about the girls each had a great message and kept you on the edge of your seat. the characters were also very well written and i loved the Bridgit, the enthusiastic, energetic girl of the group of friends because she reminded me of my own friend bridgit. The whole story was very well written and brought together in a creative way. this book is definitally worth reading, it is an enjoyable experience.
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Summary: One Of The Best
Review: I loved this book! I couldnt put it down, I read it in a day. When I first saw it, I admit I was drawn to the cover, but the creativity and humor goes way past that. Through each girl I saw a little of myself and my own friends. Each character is extremely believeable and so are the situations they get into. For once someone has written a book describing how teens really feel about things, about adult things! I love this book, and I reccommend it to everyone. I can't wait to see whatelse this author comes out with.
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Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: This book was so amazing! I loved all the quotes at the beginning of every chapter! My firend gave it to me to read and then gave it to another friend. We have a traveling book! Its great! I recommend it to anyone who likes to read!
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Summary: A Must Read!!!
Review: I saw this book up at a library book sale for 25 cents and I had to get it! I took it home and started reading it at once. If I'd had it my way I would've finished it that night.
it is the sweet story of 4 friends who are going their seperate directions for the summer. it just happens to be the first summer they've spent away from each other. it also is the summer they rediscover themselves. Lena, Tibby, Carmen and Bridgit have vowed to keep in touch via the "Traveling Pants" that will circulate through the 4 friends throughout the summer.
this is a sweet book about friendship and how the girls come to better understand themselves, and how they value their friends. I would recommend this to anyone, I know I've already offered to loan my copy to my buds!!!
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Summary: WOW
Review: This book is awesome. It is written really well. If you like books that deal with friends, I would reccomend this book to you.
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Summary: AN IMAGINATIVELY TOLD STORY SUPERBLY READ
Review: With her debut novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," author Ann Brashares said that she hoped that teens would find it "to be the kind of book that sticks with them a bit, the way books I liked when I was that age stuck with me." All bets are that teens will find this warm story of friendship, loyalty, and love to be that and more. Angela Goethals, who has appeared in numerous films from "Home Alone" to "Jerry Maguire" perfectly voices the joys and sorrows of four young girls who have been friends for all of their lives. Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget didn't spring from the same molds, still they're best friends. Finally, the time comes when they'll be spending their first summer apart, each going in different directions from overseas to a soccer camp to a summer with Dad. The common thread between the girls this summer is a pair of denim threads, blue jeans, that is. Now, these aren't just an ordinary pair of jeans - these pants are imbued with a bit of magic and they fit each girl perfectly. The girls decide that the jeans should be shared, and sent back and forth from girl to girl during the summer. That's a lot of traveling for pants, but the summer is also a lot of growing up for the girls as they face decisions, challenges, problems and experiences. But, what is paramount is the friendship between them as symbolized by the wonderful pants. This is a "feel good" story about friendship, about unconditional loyalty and love imaginatively told and superbly read. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: From an English major/student teacher perspective
Review: This is the story of four girls who have been bonded together since their mothers were in a pregnancy aerobics class sixteen years before. The book tells of the first summer when all the girls are going to be separated. For several years before Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bee were always together. This summer was going to be different. Lena went to Greece to visit her grandparents. Carmen was going to South Carolina to be with her father. Bee was headed for a sports camp in Baja. Tibby was left at home to work a minimum wage job at her local Wallman's drug store. The story begins with all of them preparing to leave for the summer. Everyone can tell that Tibby is upset especially because she will be the only one at home. So Tibby grabs a pair of jeans out of Carmen's closet and decides that they will make her feel better. Everyone ends up trying on the pants and a miraculous thing happens. The Pants fit all of them even with their varying shapes and sizes. To top that off they don't just fit they fit everyone so well that it makes them look sexy. They decide then and there that they will all share the pants for the summer. It will be the thing that connects them all. They make a list of rules about the pants. (Which are extremely hilarious). Then they go off on their own separate journeys. This book deals with several appropriate teenage topics like love, death, and non-traditional families. I think it is very appropriate for ages twelve and up. I would not teach this book to the whole class but I do think that I would keep it on a shelf in the room for free reading time. The problems I had with this book were the gaps in time. I wish it were set up more like short stories for each character rather than just randomly starting another paragraph about the other person. I loved the quotes throughout the book although at some times they seem incredibly random. I especially enjoyed the stories about Tibby and Bailey. Death is something that teenagers deal with everyday. I just wish that this plot could have been flushed out a little more. I also really enjoyed Bridget's story although you never really know what happened between her and the counselor. I needed more information. Overall I really enjoyed the book although it was a bit fluffy at times.
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Summary: One of the Greatest books I've Ever Read!!
Review: This book is truly excellent. I first discvered the book from my friend who was reading it first. I asked to read it next. So what she decided to do was to letall of our friends pass it around and read it, and sign a page which was important to us. I read it in one day....twice!! I didn't do any homework, I just read the book. I read it twice. It was one of the best stories ever. 4 girls, all the same age as me-Carmen, Bridget, Lena and Tibby. All of there stories touched me, and I felt exalted when done reading it. The fact that I passed it on to my friend and she read it in a day too, says a lot about it. She never reads books in one day. This book was truly excellent, but I wouldn't recommend it for kids under 13. This book deals with true teenage problems, and doesn't depict teenagers as stupid or dumb, but does paint them as naive, but not in a condescending way. It also deals with them learning a lesson that they will remember for the rest of their lives.
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