The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Reprint) (Paperback) Ann Brashares

About the Book

As four lifelong friends prepare to split up for the summer, they discover that a pair of secondhand jeans looks good on all of them, despite their different physiques. They promise to rotate the jeans among them and, upon their reunion at summer's end, record their favorite adventures on the pant legs.

Book Synopsis

The second 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 a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood who wears them--Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen--embark on their second summer together.

Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.

"Light and romantic. --The New York Times

"Fits like a favorite pair of pants." --USA Today

"A great summer read." --The Sacramento Bee

"As comfortable as an old pair of jeans." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Review Quotes

"Light and romantic. --The New York Times

"Fits like a favorite pair of pants." --USA Today

"A great summer read." --The Sacramento Bee

The characters seem like old friends, and the author's sure ear for dialogue and her empathy for her protagonists' complicated emotions creates a story as comfortable as an old pair of jeans. A big, complex, satisfying sequel. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Equally authentic and engaging. --Publishers Weekly

The Second Summer, while breezy and fun to read, deals seriously with love lost and found, death, and finding the courage to live honestly. --Amazon.com

[A] big-hearted, complex tale of living, learning, and caring. --School Library Journal

Brashares has done an outstanding job of showing the four teens growing up and giving readers a happy, ultimately hopeful book, easy to read and gentle in its important lessons. --Booklist

It takes a really good book to leave you laughing one moment and crying the next. This book did just that. It is even better than the first book. --VOYA

Although these teens deal with issues common to YA novels--identity, romance, parental conflict--Brashares' tale, with its lively characters, honest emotion, and wry wit, rises above the norm. --Children's Literature

About The Author

Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, The Whole Thing Together, The Here and Now, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me), and My Name Is Memory. She lives in New York City with her family.

Visit Ann online at AnnBrashares.com and follow @AnnBrashares on Twitter.