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Dell Books for Young Readers (2004), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages
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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:The first novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. Some friends just fit together. Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends�Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen�who made it possible. Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself. "Funny, perceptive, and moving." �USA Today �An outstanding and vivid book that will stay with readers for a long time.� �Publishers Weekly, Starred, Flying Start �The loving depiction of enduring and solid friendship will ring true to readers.� �The Bulletin, Recommended �A feel-good novel of substance.� �Kirkus Reviews, Starred �Uplifting.� �Seventeen.… (more)
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2001-09-11
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LibraryThing member ChelseaB-ley
Lena, Bridget, Tibby, and Carmen were having their first summer apart in their 15 years together. They've been best friends since birth because their mothers were in a pregnancy aerobics class at Gilda's. The day before their departure they found a pair of jeans that fit all four of their different
During the summer they passed the pants on between the four of them. Lena was visiting her grandparents in Greece trying to figure out how to love. Bridget was at a summer camp in Baja California falling deeply in love with someone she couldn't have. Tibby was stuck at home in Maryland working at Wallman's, making a documentary, and gaining a new friend. Carmen was spending time with her dad in South Carolina when she got a fateful surprise. The girls have the pants as a way to stay together no matter where life takes them.
This is a very good book for girls 10 and up. I really enjoyed it. I am so happy there are four books in the series. This is definitely the best of the four. I read them all during the summer before 8th grade.
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body types. They decided these were magic pants and that was how the sisterhood was born.During the summer they passed the pants on between the four of them. Lena was visiting her grandparents in Greece trying to figure out how to love. Bridget was at a summer camp in Baja California falling deeply in love with someone she couldn't have. Tibby was stuck at home in Maryland working at Wallman's, making a documentary, and gaining a new friend. Carmen was spending time with her dad in South Carolina when she got a fateful surprise. The girls have the pants as a way to stay together no matter where life takes them.
This is a very good book for girls 10 and up. I really enjoyed it. I am so happy there are four books in the series. This is definitely the best of the four. I read them all during the summer before 8th grade.
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LibraryThing member satyridae
A well-realized, strongly plotted explorations of adolescence from various viewpoints.
LibraryThing member omc10
Great book for older children. It is a book about friends that are more comfortable with calling it "sisterhood". It is a great series about their adventure together. This book is perfect for teaching teenage girls not to worry about their friendships as they grow up. If they are important enough,
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they will never lose those friendships. Show Less
LibraryThing member nm.fall.07.hhefner
I love this book! I like how in the book they switch of between people so you know what’s going on in all the situations but it is a little hard to follow at first. It won't take long to catch on.
This book is really well written and gives a great sense of each person’s personality and this book
This book is really well written and gives a great sense of each person’s personality and this book
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also has a really great point to it; it’s about four friends that go their separate ways over the summer but they find a magical pair of pants that help them stay connected. Show Less
LibraryThing member Ash122390
This book is a literary masterpiece. It is mory like four books as there are four stories going on at one time. It is told by a third person omniscent narrator, allowing the reader to follow four best friends as they venture down separate paths during the summer. Each friend experiences a story of
As the book shifts chapters, the story completes switches. For example the third chapter may be about Bridgit, while the fourth is about Tibby, the fifth about Carmen... This may seem confusing, and at first it probably is. But as the reader progresses throught the book, he becomes excited to find out what is happening in the life of one of the friends. This book is certainly a page turner and its popularity is definitely appropriate.
Often, books made into movies tend to ruin the book, but the movie of this book is a very good rendition of Brashares' original rendition. It certainly helped to renew my interest in the book, and has led me to read some of the sequals.
My favorite part of this book was the epigraph found at the beginning of each chapter. Although I probably read this book about a year or two ago, some of these quotes still remain firm in my memory.:
Rule #1. The customer is always right.
Rule #2. If the customer is wrong, see rule #1.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them you are a mile away and you have their shoes.
Some people hid their beauty so the world will see something else.
These quotes suggest both the funny and serious elements of this book. It is somewhat of an emotional rollercoaster, but it is a rollercoaster that I would be willing to ride on over and over again.
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love, friendship, and family along with the reader.As the book shifts chapters, the story completes switches. For example the third chapter may be about Bridgit, while the fourth is about Tibby, the fifth about Carmen... This may seem confusing, and at first it probably is. But as the reader progresses throught the book, he becomes excited to find out what is happening in the life of one of the friends. This book is certainly a page turner and its popularity is definitely appropriate.
Often, books made into movies tend to ruin the book, but the movie of this book is a very good rendition of Brashares' original rendition. It certainly helped to renew my interest in the book, and has led me to read some of the sequals.
My favorite part of this book was the epigraph found at the beginning of each chapter. Although I probably read this book about a year or two ago, some of these quotes still remain firm in my memory.:
Rule #1. The customer is always right.
Rule #2. If the customer is wrong, see rule #1.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them you are a mile away and you have their shoes.
Some people hid their beauty so the world will see something else.
These quotes suggest both the funny and serious elements of this book. It is somewhat of an emotional rollercoaster, but it is a rollercoaster that I would be willing to ride on over and over again.
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LibraryThing member amanda47
a fun read, should read book first and then watch movie--movie is good, but book is better and there are some striking differences as well.
LibraryThing member saraYA
I picked it up reluctantly, but enjoyed it very much. The author has hit upon a winning formula with this series. Sure, it seems simple, but she makes it work. There is a reason that this book is popular. I find myself wishing she'd backtrack and write the story of the four mothers as well.
LibraryThing member Allisinner
A friend gave this to me and I read it in 1 day. I identified with all of the characters except Bee. It made wish to be a teenager again but at the same time I am happy that part of my life is over. It is a great read for summertime, while being outside and enjoying the sun.
LibraryThing member magst
1st is series of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". Great book! I throughly enjoyed every page of this book!
LibraryThing member eduscapes
This book explores a summer with four friends who share a special pair of pants. Great character development.
LibraryThing member kimbee
Way better than the movie. I must admit I bought the book because I thought it was cool that a pair of jeans were on the cover. The book is awesome not just for teenage girls but for women everywhere. It's a great book about friendship and how four friends stay together over a summer.
LibraryThing member twothumbsdown
When browsing through the bookstore I have always ignored this book. The title always came across as stupid to me and I am one to judge a book by it's cover, but after my friend asked me to at least try it, I finally read it.
It was actually a touching book that I quite enjoyed. Although the rest of
It was actually a touching book that I quite enjoyed. Although the rest of
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the series is not as good, I would say. Show Less
LibraryThing member pdxwoman
Terrific read, not just for YA. Highly predictable outcomes, but well-written dialog and strong character development.
LibraryThing member PrincezzRyn
This is, in my opinion, the best book in the series. i loved it SO MUCH!
LibraryThing member xocshsweetieox
Linked from birth, four girls mature over one summer to become adults. Their mothers met in a pregnancy aeorbics class before they were born, and even since they were little, these girls have been best friends. Together they went through deaths of parents, divorces, and new siblings. Before the
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biggest summer of their lives, the four girls, Bridget, Carmen, Lena, and Tibby, decide they need a vital link to keep them together. While in a closet at one of their houses, they stumble across a pair of old Levi jeans. These girls are all shaped differently, but some how the jeans fit all of them perfectly. Thus, the sisterhood of the traveling pants was born. Throughout the whole summer, while the girls were at different places throughout the world, they would send the pants through the mail and sign them along the way. I really enjoyed reading this book because it showed the way girls can create these lasting relationships. Even though the girls were all over the world, from Greece to soccer camp at Texas, they all managed to stay together. When they were on their summer of a lifetime, many dramatic events happened like first loves. I also liked this book because it showed many different lives of different girls. This book can give girls hope and can show the world how girls can really stick together through thick and thin. Show Less
LibraryThing member oceanbreeze217
This book is, without a doubt, my favorite of all-time. The four girls, though each with a completely different personality, come together to create 1/4 of the perfect group of friends. It's a summer never to forget.
LibraryThing member chibimajo
4 friends trade a pair of jeans that magically fits them all as they go about their separate summers.
LibraryThing member bookwormteri
Fun and touching, brings back those close friendships and amazing emotional highs and lows of the teen years
LibraryThing member darlenejoy
Ann Brashares’ debut novel tells the story of four friends who find a pair of pants that magically fits all of them well, and the remarkable summer that the pants witnesses.
Lena, Carmen, Bridget and Tibby are going to spend summer away from each other for the first time ever. To keep their bonds
Lena learns to take risks while becoming closer to her roots. Carmen deals with her dad’s unannounced re-marriage and new family. Bridget’s self-confidence gets shattered and she tries to understand herself better. Tibby makes discoveries about other people that makes her see the world in a new light.
This is a book about friendship, and the pants perhaps serve as a metaphor for their strong bond. The author captures the angst, awkwardness, promise and hopefulness of being fifteen years old. She made the characters so real that I empathized with them and found myself shedding tears towards the end although the book is not sappy at all. As the four friends grow up and mature, I found myself growing up with them too, for the lessons they learn are universal and not just for teenage girls.
Lena, Carmen, Bridget and Tibby are going to spend summer away from each other for the first time ever. To keep their bonds
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and memories together, they decide to share the pants, each one using and keeping it for a while before passing it on to another. The pants travel back and forth and bear witness to their joys and tears.Lena learns to take risks while becoming closer to her roots. Carmen deals with her dad’s unannounced re-marriage and new family. Bridget’s self-confidence gets shattered and she tries to understand herself better. Tibby makes discoveries about other people that makes her see the world in a new light.
This is a book about friendship, and the pants perhaps serve as a metaphor for their strong bond. The author captures the angst, awkwardness, promise and hopefulness of being fifteen years old. She made the characters so real that I empathized with them and found myself shedding tears towards the end although the book is not sappy at all. As the four friends grow up and mature, I found myself growing up with them too, for the lessons they learn are universal and not just for teenage girls.
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LibraryThing member ccross
352 out of 352 pages read
carmen buys a pair of jeans that fits all four friends, her lena, tibby, and bridget. they are all going to different places for the summer except for tibby who is staying home for the summer and working. they decided they will share the pants during the summer. the pants
tibby spends her summer at home working. she expects to be miserable. she has a nose ring and wary eyes. her parents seem kind of hippyish. she loves her friends and is loyal to them. she meets a girl named baily and at first think she is annoying but then realizes she can have a lot of fun wiht her. she realizes that baily has cancer and it makes her appricate her more and have a new perspective on life.
i can relate to tibby. sometimes i have a dull perspective of what i have to do and it can actually turn out to be very fun and enjoyable. my life is full of wonderful supprizes just like her. sometimes my first impression about people is a lot diffent from who they truely are. so i always give them a second chance just like she did.
i really enjoyed this book. it was very touching and was a great story about true friends.
i would recomend this book to teenage girls because i think they could relate to at least one of the characters in the book.
carmen buys a pair of jeans that fits all four friends, her lena, tibby, and bridget. they are all going to different places for the summer except for tibby who is staying home for the summer and working. they decided they will share the pants during the summer. the pants
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seem to bring good luck to each of the girls. their summers at first start off bland but soon get to be ones they will never forget.tibby spends her summer at home working. she expects to be miserable. she has a nose ring and wary eyes. her parents seem kind of hippyish. she loves her friends and is loyal to them. she meets a girl named baily and at first think she is annoying but then realizes she can have a lot of fun wiht her. she realizes that baily has cancer and it makes her appricate her more and have a new perspective on life.
i can relate to tibby. sometimes i have a dull perspective of what i have to do and it can actually turn out to be very fun and enjoyable. my life is full of wonderful supprizes just like her. sometimes my first impression about people is a lot diffent from who they truely are. so i always give them a second chance just like she did.
i really enjoyed this book. it was very touching and was a great story about true friends.
i would recomend this book to teenage girls because i think they could relate to at least one of the characters in the book.
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LibraryThing member BinnieBee
A cute book. Lite, of course, but what I needed after a steady diet of heavy. :)
LibraryThing member AnnaMarieOkie
It is a heart warminmg tale of four friends apart for their first summer in fifteen years. THe girls have been friends since birth and keep in touch by sending a pair of mysterious pants that magically fit everyone of them.
I loved this book. It really made me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.
I would have this book to be within the classroom for girls that want to read it. It is a book about growiung up so it would be a great book for older girls like junior high. I would use it to encourage them to keep a diary to reflect on their lives through out the year.
I loved this book. It really made me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.
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The characters are highly relatable and very lovable! The setting is one you can imagine and see yourself being there. It makes you think of friendship and growing up.I would have this book to be within the classroom for girls that want to read it. It is a book about growiung up so it would be a great book for older girls like junior high. I would use it to encourage them to keep a diary to reflect on their lives through out the year.
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LibraryThing member klp_86
Four friends and a pair of jeans that fit all of them. It's about their summer stories, whether they are in Mexico, Greece, their father's house, or back at home... the pants keep them together.
LibraryThing member marisam5
This book is about four sisters who find a pair of pants that fit each one of them. they pass the pants on to each other during the summer.Each one of the friends goes to a different place. When the pants come to them in the mail the friend has to wear the pants and tell what happend when wearing
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LibraryThing member kellyoliva
I didn't dislike this book, but I wasn't wowed by it either. I may have heard too much about the story beforehand, causing me to be somewhat disappointed by the plotline. The story follows a group of four usually inseparable girlfriends as they spend their first summer apart. One girl attends a
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soccer camp in South America, another visits family in Greece, the third friend travels to the southern USA to reconnect with her father, and the last friend is left at home to work a boring job and care for her siblings. The book is an easy, fun read, and it is easy to see why teenage girls can empathize with the characters. Show Less
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