Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

　　Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they're fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye. And then the journey of the pants and the most memorable summer of their lives begins.

　　一條看似平凡的二手牛仔褲，為什麼能完全適合四個身材不同的女孩，還能穿出女孩們的特色和氣質，究竟這條牛仔褲藏有什麼樣的魔法?

　　發現魔法褲的這天，剛好是卡門、蓮娜、布莉姬、堤比首度將分別過暑假的前一天，她們意外的發現魔法褲的秘密。空氣中瀰漫著興奮的氣息，魔法褲被注入了16歲那個夏天的承諾，陪著他們展開一段成長、戀愛的冒險之旅。

本書中譯本由遊目族出版。並已改編為電影。

作者簡介

安妮．布魯克絲(Ann Brashares)

　　安妮．布魯克絲和三個兄弟一同在馬里蘭州長大，她在紐約市哥倫比亞大學的分部Barnard學院研讀哲學，當時，她打算大學畢業後繼續攻讀哲學碩士，於是便找了一份當編輯的工作，計劃以一年的時間賺取未來的學費。但是沒想到，安妮愛上了這份工作，最後她並沒有去讀研究所，反而留在紐約，一待就是好幾年。去年，安妮從多年的編輯身份轉換成全職的作家，並完成了她的第一部小說《牛仔褲的夏天》。

Chapter One

＂Can you close that suitcase?＂ Tibby asked Carmen.

＂Its making me sick.＂

Carmen glanced at the structured canvas bag splayed wantonly in the middle of her bed. Suddenly she wished she had all-new underwear. Her best satin pair was sprouting tiny ropes of elastic from the waistband.

＂Its making me sick,＂ Lena said. ＂I havent started packing. My flights at seven.＂

Carmen flopped the top of the suitcase down on the carpeted floor. She was working on removing navy-blue polish from her toenails.

＂Lena, could you not say that word anymore?＂ Tibby asked, wilting a little on the edge of Carmens bed. ＂Its making me sick.＂

＂Which word?＂ Bridget asked. ＂Packing? Flight? Seven?＂

Tibby considered. ＂All of them.＂

＂Oh, Tibs,＂ Carmen said, grabbing Tibbys foot from where she sat. ＂Its gonna be okay.＂

Tibby took her foot back. ＂Its gonna be okay for you. Youre going away. Youre going to eat barbecue all the time and light firecrackers and everything.

Tibby had nonsensical ideas about what people did in South Carolina, but Carmen knew not to argue with her.

Lena let out a little hum of sympathy.

Tibby turned on her. ＂Dont make that pity noise, Lena.＂

Lena cleared her throat. ＂I didnt,＂ she said quickly, even though she had.

＂Dont wallow,＂ Bridget urged Tibby. ＂Youre wallowing.＂

＂No,＂ Tibby shot back. She held up hands crossed at the wrist in a hex sign to ward off Bridget. ＂No pep talks. No fair. I only let you do pep talks when you need to feel better.＂

＂I wasnt doing a pep talk,＂ Bridget said defensively, even though she was.

Carmen made her wise eyebrows. ＂Hey, Tibs? Maybe if youre nasty enough, you wont miss us and we wont miss you.＂