sisterhood of the traveling pants book series

Over the course of the summer, the two become close friends and Bailey begins to help Tibby film her documentary. She meets a 12-year-old girl, Bailey, after the latter faints at the store it is revealed that she has been diagnosed with leukemia. Tibby spends the summer working at a Wallman's store, planning to film a documentary of her experiences. Later in the summer, Lena explains to her grandparents what happened in order to repair the rift between her and Kostos' grandparents, and confesses to Kostos that she loves him. A misunderstanding leads Lena's grandparents to believe that Kostos attempted to assault Lena, causing an argument between the two families. She goes skinny-dipping and Kostos accidentally sees her. Kostos takes interest in Lena, who eventually returns the notion. During her stay, her grandmother attempts to set her up with a man by the name of Kostos. Lena spends the summer with her grandparents in Santorini. They share the 'traveling pants' among themselves over the summer while they are separated. This leads them to believe that the pants are magical. The summer before their junior year of high school, Carmen finds a pair of old jeans that mysteriously fits each girl perfectly, despite their different sizes. They have been best friends since birth (their mothers attended prenatal exercise classes together). In the first novel of the series, the reader is introduced to four high school students: Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell. Four sequels to the book have been published, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood and Sisterhood Everlasting.

The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 2005. It follows the adventures of four best friends - Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell, who will be spending their first summer apart when a magical pair of jeans comes into their lives, turning their summer upside down. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a young adult novel by Ann Brashares published in 2001.

Sisterhood of the traveling pants book series