Time Capsule Book: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares

Blurb

       Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn’t look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye. And then the journey of the pants — and the most memorable summer of their lives — begins.

       The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (82%) was a much different read than I expected. I was expecting more of a middle-grade book by what I had heard about it, but I didn't ever really look into it too much. My mom actually recommended it to me, so shoutout to her.
       Ann Brashares does a great job building all of the girls' characters throughout the story. Sometimes authors can get swept up in prioritizing a character, that the others seem dull. But in Sisterhood, none of them get left off the character arc train.
       This book was also surprisingly funny. It was so much fun to read because I was entertained the entire way through the book. Whether it was the funny things the girls said or wanting to know what was going to happen next, I couldn't put it down.
       One of my favorite things about this book was that even though the girls were apart from each other, they were still very much together. It really gave me a lot of hope that all of my friendships will have a chance after high school. (Even though I know that that's probably not the case, but we'll have to wait and 

Review

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While she shops for jeans,
Ashton

You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is?" 
— Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants