Sunday, August 10, 2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling pants

Right now I'm reading the Sisterhood of the Traveling pants. This series is about four girls, Tibby, Carmen, Bridget and Lena, who have know each other since birth and their friendship is the same as it was when they first met. Tibby is the rebel and knows exactly who she is. Bridget is the athlete and can be stubborn. Lena is the beautiful one who is normal out of all of them. Carmen is the on who loses her temper but still is loyal to her friends. The story starts in Carmen's room when Tibby finds pair of jeans in Carmen's closet. They all try them on and surprisingly fits all four girls as if they bought them for themselves. This summer is the first summer that the girls have spent without each other the decide to call them the Traveling pants. When evening comes all girls come to the place where their mothers have met they make up the rules of the pants. They all decide that Lena will get them first because she is of to Greece to visit family with her younger sister Effie. Bridget goes to Mexico for a soccer camp. Carmen goes and visits her dad for the summer. Tibby stays home to work at Wallmans(a place like Wal-Mart). As the summer goes on they find themselves. Tibby loses a close friend because of leukemia. Lena dose something that is totally unexpected. Bridget works so hard to get something but then doesn't want it when it's done. And Carmen finds out that her father is getting married but doesn't like the woman that he is marrying but figures out that he is happy. When they all get home they document everything that had happened over the summer.

This book is a great story of friendship, but also may have a few surprises.