Product Description

Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget have been best friends all their lives. They live in the same small American town and usually spend every moment of their long summer holidays together. The year they turn 16 is the first time they have separate plans for the summer but the girls are determined to keep in touch. Tibby buys a pair of jeans in a second-hand shop and the girls discover that the trousers magically fit each of them perfectly, despite their different figures and heights. They hit upon a wonderful plan of sharing the jeans throughout the vacation - sending them on to the next friend when they feel the time is right. From Baja California to Greece, from film-making to football, the girls - and the travelling pants - encounter first love, family upset and fatal illness. Secure in the knowledge that their friendship is constant - and the symbol of it need never be more than a parcel-delivery away - the girls survive their summer and return home with a wealth of new experiences to share. This is a perfect teen-chick summer read; a quirky, humorous and memorable cut above the rest.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12370 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
THE AWARD-WINNING
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Four best friends, one pair of jeans and a few important rules:
You must never wash the Pants.

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You must pass the Pants along to your Sisters according to the specifictions set down by the Sisterhood.

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You must not wear the Pants with a tucked in shirt and belt.

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You must write to your Sisters throughout the summer, no matter how much fun you are having without them.
Quirky, original and heart warming, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants is an irresistable celebration of female friendship and self-discovery.
'A memorable celebration of the power of friendship'
THE BOOKSELLER
Cover illustration Natalie Ferstendik / New Division.com
NOW a major motion picture!
ALSO AVAILABLE:
The Second Summer
Girls in Pants
Forever in Blue

About the Author
A lover of travel and of pants, Ann Brashares lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two young sons. She still has a pair of jeans from tenth grade, but they aren't magical and they don't fit any more.

Customer Reviews

A lovely book about friendship and growing up! ^_^
This was a great book, an endearing and addictive read! It's about four very different friends who decided (on a summer they are about to be seperated for the first time) to stay in touch with each other by passing on a pair of 'magical pants' every alternate week.

These pants come with a certain set of rules and can't be washed. They must also be marked with evidence of things the wearer has gone through or done in the summer, explained with an accompanying letter to the next member of the sisterhood to use the pants.

During the summer, each girl goes through changes and learns things about the others that they didn't before and at the centre of it all are the pants, their link and source of sisterly love. Also made into a feature film of the same name, this is a great book for teens, esp. girls!

I really loved it, and highly recommend it! There are four books in the series, and I plan to get all of them now! ^////^;

Light, funny...a breath of fresh air
This really is a great read. It is able to connect with teenagers of today whilst, at the same time, it is written well and has some good lessons in it. The four best friends - Lena, Carmen, Tibby and Bee - are spending their first summer apart.

They are baffled by the prospect of hardly seeing each other for a whole summer, and so come up with the idea of traveling pants (in English, travelling jeans!). After finding a pair of jeans that magically seem to look great on them all, they agree to wear the pants for a short time each on their holidays then send them on, creating a chain.

The book follows the adventures the pair of pants has, and the story is told from four different eyes. It is a great read, fresh and quirky with a hit movie to match.

I strongly recommend this novel.

Book of the year!!!!
I found this book very funny and great fun. It was romantic and full of embarrisment and you just think'why would you do that?' but it is all part of the fun. I would say it is for older children eg- 12 years old as there are some sexual comments. It is about 4 best friends who have romanic, funny and sad adventures that just make you love them all the more. It is one of my favorite books and if you are a teenager you will love it to bits- i could not put it down. I think this book is sad but the main idea is ROMANCE and there is alot of that!