Quarter 4: Outside Reading #1

As said in my reflection I am reading "Girls in Pants The Third Summer of the Sisterhood". Since this is the third of a series of books here is some background. Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget have been best friends for their whole lives and have never been separated. One day, before the first summer they were separating, they found a pair of jeans that magically fit them all perfectly. This was amazing because they are all so different in size and height. So, they decide to make a sisterhood and when they are apart, have the pants travel among them from week to week then later would document what happened to them on the pants themselves. This third summer is one of the biggest changes that these girls will have to endure. They all graduated from high school and are preparing to go to different colleges in September. Even in the beginning couple weeks of the summer, they all experience life changing events. First of all Carmen and her mother have always just lived more like friends because it was just them two because Carmen's dad left when she was young. Well, her mom just recently got remarried which made Carmen feel somewhat awkward in her own house. But one day she found some prenatal vitamins in her mom's bathroom, and so therefore finds out that her mom was keeping her pregnancy away form Carmen. She also takes up a job with Lena's mom and takes care of Lena's grandmother, who now lives with them instead of Greece because her grandfather died. Carmen may have gotten herself in a tough situation because now that she has no husband and she hates not being in Greece, Lena's grandma, Valia, is very stubborn. Which brings us to Lena who is also somewhat unhappy because she took a job as a waitress at a restaurant she hates just so she wouldn't have to take care of her grandmother. The one place where she finds total sanctuary is at her aisle during her figure drawing class. Being reserved and shy it took Lena a couple classes to get used to the naked model in front of her, but once she got the hang of it, her dad saw the model when he came into her class to get his keys and freaked out. He forbid her to go back to the class, but then when she goes back to the class just to check back up on things, the teacher of the class makes a deal with her to allow her to still take the class if she stays after and cleans up. Tibby has started to date her long-time friend, Brian. Also, Tibby's younger sister fell out of the window because Tibby left her window open. And like always Bridget is out playing more soccer but this time she is a councilor at a soccer camp and has an awkward and somewhat strenuous encounter with Eric, a guy who broke her heart two summers ago. I enjoy this book because since these girls are somewhat near my age, I feel like I can relate to them. And also the way the book is written and that it switches back and forth to each girl, it keeps you engaged and interested.