Teaser: Four friends that have a pair of magical jeans have drifted apart in their late 20s, until they are suddenly brought together by a mysterious letter from one of the friends.
Plot Summary: This book brings us back one final time to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Lena, Carmen, Tibby and Bridget are adults now and have gone their separate ways and barely stay in contact until Tibby writes them and wants to meet at Lena's grandmother's home in Greece. The girls are shocked and feel a little guilty for not staying in touch with each other as the years have gone by. When the go to Greece Tibby does not come and they wonder why? They begin to worry because Tibby was the one that left the group a few years ago to live in Australia with her longtime boyfriend, Brian. Now Bridget, who is still trying to discover her true self as she lives in San Francisco with her boyfriend, Lena, a budding artist, and Carmen, a successful actress are left wondering what to do. Bridget eventually decides to pack up and go to find Tibby in Australia. She learns a devastating truth that will by the one thing that brings the friends back together.
Critical Evaluation: This book will give fans of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants the one last look into the fours girl's lives that they are yearning for. The girls are on the verge of turning 30 years old and they have drifted apart. As the girls are brought back together they remember all the good times they used to have together and they want those times back. They also face a tragedy amongst the group and as they deal with that they come closer together. Readers will laugh and cry along with the characters. This is a wonderful story of how the bonds of friendship can never be broken.
Author Information: According to http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/691/ann-brashares "Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the DC area called Sidwell Friends. She studied Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City. Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New York City and worked as an editor for many years. Ann made the transition from editor to full-time writer with her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Brashares and her husband, 42-year-old portrait painter Jacob Collins, live in a four-story building in the East 60s in New York with their three children, Susannah, Nate and Sam, who range in age from about 5 to 11.
Brashares' books in addition to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books include Forever in Blue, The Last Summer (of You and Me), and My Name is Memory.
Genre: Chick Lit / Friendship / Adult Crossover
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalking Ideas: Have the students talk about how their friends have shaped their lives.
Reading Level/Interest Age: 12+
Challenge Issues: N/A
Why included? I loved the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and this is an excellent book to recommend for fans of the series to read because it completes the story.
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