The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I just started a new book called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares, but I have only read a few chapters. At the beginning of the book, one of the girls, Carmen, buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop. Carmen and her friends -- Lena, Tibby and Bridget -- each try them on and they look great on all of them. They think it is weird how the jeans fit each of them because some of them are short and others are taller. So, they decide they are magical and to share them over the summer because they are all going to different places. Tibby is staying home. Lena is going to Greece. Bridget is going to a soccer camp and Carmen is going to stay with her Dad in South Carolina. This is the first summer they are going to be apart and they have been best friends since they were born.

The night before they leave they go to Gilda's, the aerobic study where their Mom's met before they were born, and break into the studio to hang out. They bring food and a bobby pin to pick the lock. During the night, they set the rules for the pants and how they are going to share them over the summer. Some of the rules are funny (like you can't pick your nose in the pants but you can sratch your nose). Other rules are more serious (like before you send the pants to the next girl you write the most exciting place you have been in the pants on the left and the most imortant thing that happened on the right).

I am excited to learn more about how the pants travel and what everone does in the pants. It will also be interesting to learn who the girls meet when they are wearing the pants. I wonder if the pants will help them stay connected during the summer. I think that each of the girls have different personalities so that different things will happen to them while wearing the pants.

I found this book because I noticed that a lot of my friends are writing their blogs about it. I think it will be a good book to read now and over winter vacation. I also know that there is a sequel that I can read when I finish this.