Staying Together

Staying Together
Caroline Crowley

Sisterhood Everlasting
 By Ann Brashares      


       Could you ever imagine that a pair of old pants could keep a friendship alive during the most difficult times? In the book Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares, a pair of pants keeps a Sisterhood alive for over five summers. In the book, there's a group of four college girls who have been best friends since birth. Lena, Bridget, Tibby, and Carmen may all be very different from each other, but the one thing that they all have in common is that a pair of pants fits each of them perfectly. The pants symbolize the Sisterhood that the four girls created four summers ago, the summer going into their freshman year of high school. Now, the girls are celebrating their fifth summer of the Sisterhood, and will all be attending different far away colleges in the fall.
            So far during the start of summer Bridget is flying to Arizona to attend soccer camp, Tibby is working at a local grocery store, Lena is attending an art school, and Carmen is spending time with her dad in Washington  D.C. While the girls are separated from each other for at least the start of the summer, they will be sending the pants to each other with a note that explains what adventures they've faces. Lena’s grandfather lives in Greece and he gets very ill over the summer. He wishes to see Lena very soon because he fears that something very bad will happen to himself and he won't be able to say a final goodbye. I haven't got to the climax of the book yet, but will the magic of the pants bring the four girls together and help Lena reach the person that needs her most in her life?
     
       Based on what I've read so far and from other book sequels of this book series, I think this book is great. This book demotores how important it is to stick together and battle through the obstacles in life with your family and friends. I would recommend this book to teenagers because it shows how to deal with friendships during the ups and downs in life, how to move on in life when something goes wrong, and how to become stronger as a person on the inside and out.