Ann Brashares maakte de overstap van redacteur naar fulltime schrijver met haar debuutroman. Haar werk verkent vaak thema's van adolescentie en de complexiteit van vriendschap. Brashares blinkt uit in het vastleggen van de nuances van menselijke connecties en het innerlijke leven van haar personages. Haar schrijfstijl is zowel toegankelijk als diep resonerend voor lezers.
In de zomer voordat ze naar highschool gaan, hebben drie hartsvriendinnen hun eigen vakantieplannen en -perikelen. Ama moet op trektocht, Ems ouders gaan scheiden en Romy ontdekt dat ze geen model kan worden. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Als de vier gezworen vriendinnen allemaal een andere zomercursus doen, krijgen ze met van alles te maken, vooral liefdesperikelen. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.
The Summers of the Sisterhood Collection by Ann Brashares features three bestselling works of teen fiction that make for great summer reading. Including the well-known novel that was also filmed as a major Hollywood movie - The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - this super set is packed with magic and friendship as well as eventful encounters with first love, family troubles and fatal illness - set against a variety of backdrops from California to Greece.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, The Here and Now is an epic star-crossed romance about a girl who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love. The world Prenna James comes from is in ruins. She and the others who escaped are here to prevent humanity’s destruction. But if they don’t follow The Rules, everything that matters will be gone: Friends. Families. Dreams. Love. Ethan Jarves can never know Prenna’s secret. That she’s not from another place. She’s from another time. "This gripping story is set in a world unlike any other and inhabited by beautifully imagined characters that stay with you long after the last page.” – Sara Shepard, bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars “An appealing romantic thriller . . . [also] a potent reminder that we inherit the future we buy with our actions today.”—Cassandra Clare for the New York Times Book Review “Fast-paced, gripping, and romantic.”—Publishers Weekly “Lightning-paced . . . like a cinematic blockbuster.”—Kirkus Reviews “The Here and Now could just as easily sit among the time-travel sci-fi, coming-of-age, or romantic thrillers of YA. Honestly, even though I really don't know how to categorize it, I loved it.”—Happily Ever After/USA Today
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants graduates from high school and spends their last summer before college learning about life and themselves. Suggested level: secondary.
It's summer, and after their first year of college, best friends Bridget, Lena, Tibby, and Carmen are scattered. When Lena's sister Effie pursues Tibby's boyfriend Brian and runs off to Greece with the JEANS, the friends embark on a journey to find her, leading to a wonderful summer adventure.
Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together - and he remembers it all. Daniel has 'the memory', the ability to recall past lives and recognize souls of those he's previously known. It is a gift and a curse. For all the times that he and Sophia have been drawn together throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. A love always too short. Interwoven through Sophia and Daniel's unfolding present day relationship are glimpses of their expansive history together. From 552 Asia Minor to 1918 England and 1972 Virginia, the two souls share a long and sometimes torturous path of seeking each other time and time again. But just when young Sophia (now 'Lucy' in the present) finally begins to awaken to the secret of their shared past, to understand the true reason for the strength of their attraction, the mysterious force that has always torn them apart reappears. Ultimately, they must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together.
The fourth and final novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer. It’s a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena, Bridget, Tibby, and Carmen, here and now, past and future, together and apart. Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself. “Genuinely moving." —Entertainment Weekly “A strong, satisfying conclusion.” —Booklist “An ode to love and friendship.” —Kirkus Reviews “A great read.” —Daily News (New York)
Can't wait for the next installment of the Pants? Check out the SPECIAL EDITION of "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood," in stores now! Inside you'll find an exclusive "Who's Your Soul Mate Quiz" and a sneak peak at the third book, "Girls in Pants." With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer. "Bridget: " Impulsively sets off for Alabama, wanting to both confront her demons about her family and avoid them all at once. "Lena: "Spends a blissful week with Kostos, making the unexplainable silence that follows his visit even more painful. "Carmen: " Is concerned that her mother is making a fool of herself over a man. When she discovers that her mother borrowed the Pants to wear on a date, she's certain of it. "Tibby: " Not about to spend another summer working at Wallman's, she takes a film course only to find it's what happens off-camera that teaches her the most.
The first novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. Some friends just fit together. Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—who made it possible. Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself. "Funny, perceptive, and moving." --USA Today “An outstanding and vivid book that will stay with readers for a long time.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred, Flying Start “The loving depiction of enduring and solid friendship will ring true to readers.” —The Bulletin, Recommended “A feel-good novel of substance.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “Uplifting.” —Seventeen
