6/4/2023 0 Comments 3 Willows by Ann BrasharesIn 3 Willows, Brashares proves that she doesn't need a gimmick. I always thought the idea of magical jeans that mysteriously grew or shrunk was an unnecessary element in the awesome Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, maybe left over from the original sell of the series idea to an editor, kind of like Gene Rodenberry had to describe Star Trek as "Wagon Train in space" to get the network to sign off on it. Instead her summer scholarship lands her on a wilderness trip full of flirting teenagers, blisters, impossible hiking trails, and a sad lack of hair products. She wanted to be at an academic camp, doing research in an air-conditioned library, earning A's. And she didn't count on her family at all. Or feeling embarrassed by her middle school friends. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer. Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a busgirl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself.
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