Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Book 1)

I really enjoyed reading this book! It's great and relatable for many young girls, and accurately portrayed my high school life, so I saw a lot of my younger self in these girls. At first I didn't think I would like it because I'm in college and it seemed like a younger book, but I actually really enjoyed it.It was written from a third person limited omniscient point of view which worked really well for the story because we could focus on each girl's individual struggle.This book is about four fifteen year old wildly different best friends being away from each other for the first time in their lives, for a whole summer. TIbby (brooding and sarcastic) stays home and works, Lena (shy and artistic) goes to visit her grandparents in Santorini, Bridget (adventurous and overconfident) who goes to a soccer camp in Baja, and Carmen (sassy and somewhat insecure) who visits her dad in South Carolina. They share a close bond, and face different challenges throughout the book, along with struggling with their own individual identities, but they come together to help resolve the issues. They send back and forth a pair of jean pants which fits all of them, even though they have different body types. The pants bridge the gap between the girls.I loved the book, and I was laughing at almost every page. It was an easy read, but the storyline was awesome. The girls were all very different, but their friendship made sense at the same time. I think this book does accurately display a high school friendship, and the struggle for independence.I really liked that each chapter started with a different quote that usually reflected upon what the characters would be going through in that chapter.The authors writing style was very easy to read, but it had such a cute storyline. I liked how she made each girl so different that we knew who we were reading about without her telling us. I really loved it, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who reads young adult novels and likes magical pants!

I like the way Brashares uses the pants to explore the different stories of her MCs. It's very cleverly done, and I can see why this book was such a hit. Glad I took the time to catch up on it.

​This fictional story of four best friends and their first summer apart is a great book that every teenage girl should read. The story of four seventeen girls: Lena, Carmen, Bridget, and Tibby shows the true meaning of friendship and how no matter what life throws at you, you can always count on your friends for help and support. The story begins with the story of “the pants”, Carmen found these magical pants at a thrift shop and they fit her and her three best friends, despite their different body shapes. The four best friends have been best friends for as long as they can remember, and they will be separated for the first time this upcoming summer. Lena is going to Greece with her sister to visit her grandparents, Carmen is going to South Carolina to see her father, Bridget is going to a soccer camp in Baja California, Mexico, and Tibby is the only one to stay home in Maryland. They all make a deal that they will send the “Traveling Pants” to one another over the summer. They all have their own experiences over the summer, some good and some bad, but they never lose sight of their friendship.​“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” is a great book for all ages but mostly for teenage girls. I believe that this book helps show the true meaning of friendship. Also, I think this book can even answer questions teens might have but are too afraid to ask. As teens grow and develop their bodies change, this part of life can be very confusing. Some teens can get very self-conscious, this book shows that there are other people going through the same obstacles as them self. The book includes a lot of examples of how relatable the story is to real life but one strong example is when Lena and Effie got to Greece their grandma wanted to introduce one of their neighbors to Lena. “Lena had a strong suspicion Grandma hasn’t just cooked up this idea in the last hour. She suspected Grandma had been plotting something for a long time” (Brashares, 52). This is showing how Lena’s grandmother had wanted Kostos and Lena to become close and maybe eventually get married. I know from personal experience grandparents are not afraid to say what they think or what they want to happen, so when Lena’s grandmother went out of her way to introduce the two it shows how she wanted them to become friends. I feel as though a lot of grandparents would do this, only because they want the best for their grandchild. “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” is a great book to help teen girls get through the “awkward stages” by helping them realize everyone is going through the same thing. ​​

VERY GOOD 👍

Can’t put it down...almost all the way through this gem in one day ..only stopped cause I left the apartment 😁😁love love it!... much better than the movie!

Ottimo

un libro fácil de leer para niñas que quieren leer algo entretenido y sus primeros libros en inglés esta ideal

Non adatto secondo me ad una lettura avvincente e soprattutto per ragazzi. Più idoneo per prendere confidenza con l'inglese e sicuramente più giusto per una clientela femminile.