Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: The Third Summer
Fiction
By: Ann Brashares
Reviewed by: Hannah Luszczek
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a story of four girls who learn the reality of life. Four best friends have spent the last eightee
n years together. Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bee are going to have to say goodbye to each other for a while and start focusing on college. Carmen wants to attend Williams college which isn’t local like the girls had planned. They all agreed to attend a college within the state but that didn’t work out. Tibby wants to attend a college to continue her dream of movie making and filming. Lena plans on going to an art school to pursue her passion for drawing and art, and Bee wants to continue with soccer. She has spent part of the summer at a camp coaching a small team and playing in a tournament. After eighteen years, the girls are forced to break apart because of their different interests. Where do the pants come in the story? The pants are considered to be “magic” and can fit any one of the girls. They each take turns with them and send them back and forth to each other. They are only to be worn when they need help, support, a little magic, or they’re in a tough time. However, the girls didn’t always turn to the pants. Sometimes they were made to work through the situation because in life you can’t always rely on someone to always be there and help you when you need it. Sometimes you have to figure it out on your own.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about learning how to deal with difficult situations without always automatically needing help. When each girl was faced with a hard time, they didn’t suddenly turn to the pants as a habit. They tried to work through and if nothing was working they relied on the pants. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and stories of friendship. Carmen, Bee, Tibby, and Lena are the closest of friends there can possibly be. I don’t think it’s possible for anyone or anything to separate them. I believe the moral of the story is to learn to figure things out on your own. If doesn’t work the first time, try again, and if that doesn’t work, try again, but then if you’ve come to a dead end, ask for help.
