Anna Brashares Libri

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.

C'erano una volta quattro amiche che si passavano un paio di jeans magici. Negli anni i jeans sono andati perduti, ma l'amicizia forse no. Lena insegna arte e abita in un monolocale a Providence, Bridget vive con il suo grande amore Eric a San Francisco, Carmen ha un loft scintillante e fa l'attrice televisiva. Si sentono spesso, si vedono quando possono. Chi invece sembra inafferrabile è Tibby, che si è trasferita in Australia e non dà notizie di sé. Finché un giorno proprio Tibby invita le amiche sull'isola di Santorini per una breve vacanza nella casa appartenuta ai nonni di Lena. La prospettiva è attraente: ritrovarsi come ai vecchi tempi, per colmare il silenzio che le ha divise nell'ultimo periodo. Ma quando Lena, Carmen e Bridget arrivano a destinazione non trovano l'amica né all'aeroporto né a casa. Le ore passano e i dubbi si tramutano in certezza: Tibby è scomparsa.

Spaventata dall'eccessiva distanza, Lena lascia il suo amore greco. Tibby va al college per seguire un corso di cinema e finisce in un gruppo di compagni snob. Bridget si è chiusa in se stessa e troverà un aiuto nella nonna, che non vede da quando era bambina. Carmen non accetta che, dopo tanti anni, la madre abbia ritrovato la felicità con un uomo... Per fortuna, anche se un po' consunti, i loro jeans sono sempre bellissimi e continuano a viaggiare. Un legame di tela fra le quattro ragazze pasticcione, sentimentali, ostinate che hanno voglia di crescere ma non sanno bene come si fa.

C'era una volta un paio di jeans. Un paio di jeans qualunque. Ma quei jeansviaggiarono e compirono grandi imprese. Questa è la storia delle quattroamiche che resero possibile tutto ciò. Lena: accompagna i Pantaloni in Grecia.Ma un attimo senza pantaloni dà il via a una catena di eventi disastrosi.Tibby: invita i Pantaloni a recitare una particina nel suo documentario, poili presta a una ragazzina destinata a brillare nelle scene più importanti.Bridget: cerca di introdurli in un campo (di calcio) in Baja California espera che l'aiuteranno a mettere a segno qualche gol. Carmen: quando la suavacanza non va come aveva sognato, costringe i Pantaloni ad assistere alla suametamorfosi da pepata brunetta a perfida figliasta-sorellastra.

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

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.

Their friendship to salvage . . . Can she stick it out or will this be the first time in her life she's ever failed anything . . . ? She's got her own problems this summer too - has she made a mistake by turning her back on her old friends?