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Title: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Author: Ann Brashares
Genre: YA
Rating: 7/10
# pages: 392
Date read: November 2006
Summary: Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bee are beginning their 16th summer with new expectations for personal growth, romance, and deepening friendship, all enhanced by the magic of a shared pair of thrift-store jeans. Bee, whose mother died when she was 11, heads to Alabama under an assumed name to visit her estranged maternal grandmother. Carmen and Lena both become entangled in emotional spats with their mothers, and Tibby makes an edgy documentary film about her mother for a screenwriting course. This is a summer for coming-of-age, and for people materializing out of the blue, but making an impact-Tibby's old friend Brian appears unbidden at her dorm; Lena's Greek boyfriend, Kostos, arrives suddenly; and Carmen's stepsister comes seeking sanctuary. Meanwhile, the traveling pants are circulated among the friends. (Amazon.com)
Review: Not as good as the first one, as I found the ending relatively depressing and I really wanted to take both Lena and Kostos and give them a good talking to! But there were definitely some good parts to it as well - I loved reading about Bee living with and getting to know her grandmother.
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Author: Ann Brashares
Genre: YA
Rating: 7/10
# pages: 392
Date read: November 2006
Summary: Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bee are beginning their 16th summer with new expectations for personal growth, romance, and deepening friendship, all enhanced by the magic of a shared pair of thrift-store jeans. Bee, whose mother died when she was 11, heads to Alabama under an assumed name to visit her estranged maternal grandmother. Carmen and Lena both become entangled in emotional spats with their mothers, and Tibby makes an edgy documentary film about her mother for a screenwriting course. This is a summer for coming-of-age, and for people materializing out of the blue, but making an impact-Tibby's old friend Brian appears unbidden at her dorm; Lena's Greek boyfriend, Kostos, arrives suddenly; and Carmen's stepsister comes seeking sanctuary. Meanwhile, the traveling pants are circulated among the friends. (Amazon.com)
Review: Not as good as the first one, as I found the ending relatively depressing and I really wanted to take both Lena and Kostos and give them a good talking to! But there were definitely some good parts to it as well - I loved reading about Bee living with and getting to know her grandmother.
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