Girls in Pants: Summary and book reviews of Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares, plus links to an excerpt from Girls in Pants and a biography of Ann Brashares.

The Pants first came to us at the perfect moment. That is, when we were splitting up for the first time. It was two summers ago when they first worked their magic, and last summer when they shook up our lives once again. You see, we don’t wear the Pants year-round. We let them rest so they are extra powerful when summer comes. (There was the time this spring when Carmen wore them to her mom’s wedding, but that was a special case.) Now we’re facing our last summer together. In September we go to college. And it’s not like one of those TV shows where all of us magically turn up at the same college. We’re going to four different colleges in four different cities (but all within four hours of one another—that was our one rule). We’re headed off to start our real lives. Tomorrow night at Gilda’s we’ll launch the Pants on their third summer voyage. Tomorrow begins the time of our lives. It’s when we’ll need our Pants the most.

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Girls in Pants is every bit as good as the first two books in the series.  (Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).

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Media Reviews

Publishers Weekly The author expertly splices together each friend's struggle with growing up....the girls are once again wonderfully drawn, with all their realistic faults.   Booklist Starred review. [Brashares] encourages her readers to look, feel, trust, and empathize with her characters. It's a strong ending to a series about four fully developed, strikingly different, equally fascinating teenage girls.   Kirkus Four intersecting story lines, snappy dialogue, empathy for characters and humor make this installment as enjoyable as the others.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by Megan
The series of the sisters
Wow! This book is like none other. Carmen is dishing out trouble with her mom. Lena is immersing herself in being the best painter she can be. And someone isn't too happy about that. Bridget is in Alabama meeting her grandmother for the first time...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Sarah
Best one by far!
This is the best book in the Sisterhood series by far. I've read the book many times and each time I get to the epilogue I start to cry. The way Bradshares created the characters you can believe how really they are. alto each of them have such...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Amanda O.
Amanda's Review
Girls in Pants is a Novel that will make you want to cry and laugh. It’s a novel that will let you feel what the characters are feeling.

Rated of 5 by Shelsie, 13
Love the Book
Thought this was a great book. I love how the book is full of real life situations and that you feel (or wish) you could compare to one of the four girls (Lena, Bridget, Carmen, or Tibby). Definitely recommend this book to other teenage girls.

Rated of 5 by kim
the best one so far!
The first book was great it got me hooked! the second book slowly began to show the characters differences, well more in depth then the first book. the third but not least was my favorite. I came to feel that I really knew them, and that no matter...   Read More

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