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Title details for Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares - Available

Girls in Pants

The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

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by Ann Brashares
Angela Goethals
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The Pants first came to us at the perfect moment. That is, when we were splitting up for the first time. It was two summers ago when they first worked their magic, and last summer when they shook up our lives once again. You see, we don’t wear the Pants year-round. We let them rest so they are extra powerful when summer comes. (There was the time this spring when Carmen wore them to her mom’s wedding, but that was a special case.)
 
Now we’re facing our last summer together. In September we go to college. And it’s not like one of those TV shows where all of us magically turn up at the same college. We’re going to four different colleges in four different cities (but all within four hours of one another—that was our one rule). We’re headed off to start our real lives.
 
Tomorrow night at Gilda’s we’ll launch the Pants on their third summer voyage. Tomorrow begins the time of our lives. It’s when we’ll need our Pants the most.
 

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    January 25, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739330135
      • File size: 209975 KB
      • Duration: 07:17:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.5
    • Lexile® Measure: 670
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Before going onto separate lives, four childhood friends continue their lessons in coping with the complexities of life. Lena fights for her right to go to art school, Bridget confronts her first love, Tibby decides whether she can let go of tragic possibilities and embrace loving realities, and Carmen reconciles herself to the arrival of a baby sibling. Angela Goethals gives each girl her own distinctive sound in both dialogue and interior monologue, and she keeps her appropriately youthful voice from being overshadowed by the challenges each character faces. Her even reading propels listeners as each chapter shifts from character to character. J.M.S. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 20, 2004
      Fans of the Traveling Pants series will be delighted to welcome back the four lifelong friends as they face their last summer together before separating for college. Though each girl has her own problems—and her own romance—to deal with, the quartet is there for each other, as are the magical pants that look good on them all (even if the pants themselves take a back seat in this installment). The author expertly splices together each friend's struggle with growing up: Bee's first love turns up as a fellow soccer coach at the summer camp where she is also coaching, Carmen's mother is expecting a new baby, Lena's father, as punishment for her sneaking off to an art class, will not pay for her education at Rhode Island art School of Design and Tibby is afraid when a longtime friendship turns into romance. Though readers new to the series may have trouble catching on to the back story, and a couple of plot points strain credibility (e.g., Tibby becomes Carmen's mother's last-minute labor coach), the girls are once again wonderfully drawn, with all their realistic faults. Readers will laugh as tough Carmen faces off with a police officer who stops her on her way to the hospital, and be touched when Lena draws a portrait of her recently widowed grandmother. Even in moments that edge toward melodrama (such as a parting shot of the four friends holding hands as they face the ocean surf), it's the girls' genuine love and tenderness that will win readers over and make them envious of the friends' strong bond. Ages 12-up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.5
  • Lexile® Measure:670
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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