![]() ![]() Debut novelist Brashares renders each girl individual and lovable in her own right, emphasizing growing up without growing apart. ![]() The pants become a metaphor for the young women finding their own strength in the face of new love, unexpected friendships and death, a father’s remarriage, and a reckless relationship-and without their best friends. These magical jeans, dubbed the Traveling Pants, span the world, one week at a time, lending their mystical powers wherever they go. Visiting grandparents for the first time in Greece, attending soccer camp in Mexico, spending the summer with dad in South Carolina, or working at home, how will these girls survive their time alone? Leave it to a pair of secondhand jeans, which, despite their various body shapes, fits all four perfectly. Carmen, half-Hispanic, has a knack for math Lena, the beauty of the group and self-conscious about her appearance, demonstrates artistic talent Bridget is the tall soccer star and Tibby, the rebel, sports a nose ring. In this feel-good novel with substance, four teenage girls, friends since they were all born just weeks apart, are about to embark on their first summer as separate young women. ![]()
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