November Read/Ruby

Title:The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants

Author: Brashares, Ann

 

There were four girls who know one another from babies. because their mothers took a class in aerobics for pregnant women, they were the September group. The September mothers started hanging out after class, and after babies were born, they formed their own little mothers’ support group and let all babies squirm on a blanket together while they complained about not sleeping and how fat they still were. But now, even the friendships between mothers were not so close anymore, the girls kept the relationship. Sometimes it seems like they’re so close they form one single complete person rather than four separate ones.

One day, at a thrift shop, Carmen(one of the girls) was tagging along with Lena(another one of the girls) and her younger sister, Effie, and their mom. Effie was there to buy a dress for the sophomore prom, Carmen decided to buy something and she found a pair of pants were only $3.49 including tax. She didn’t even try them on, so we can tell she wasn’t serious about owning them.

The four girls were different types& body shapes: Bridget the athlete, wild and unstoppable, was tall with broad shoulders and long legs and big hands; Lena the beauty, shy and beautiful, was slim; Tibby the rebel, had narrow hips and long legs for her small frame; Carmen the one with the bad temper, writer, her butt had specific requirements for pants. But the pair of pants fit all of them, they thought “there are magic pants”.

It was their first summer apart, and the magic pants came to them, they wanted these pants belong to them equally, that the pants will travel to all the places they’re going, and the pants will keep them together when they are apart. The girls sorted out some rules for the traveling pants, for example, never wash the pants; mustn’t pick nose while wearing the Pants; Pants equal love, love your sister love yourself, etc…

Bridget, who went to a summer camp, she felt in love with one of the coaches, but it wasn’t allowed to; Lena and her sister Effie went to visit their grandparents who lives in Greece; Tibby stayed at the town and had a part-time job at a grocery store, she met a 12-year-old girl who has leukemia; Carmen spent her summer with her father, her parents were divorced for years, but she didn’t except her father was going to marry.

When four girls got together in the end of summer, they were full to their edges with their own stories, having a summer of experiences and feelings that belonged to each person alone. The Pants were the only witness to all of their lives, and I believe that they will cherish their friendship forever.