| Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget are four close friends who share a pair of jeans in order to feel connectected to each other during the summer. There is a conflict with each of the four girls. Carmen is having troubles with her dad's new family, and with her mom's new boyfriend. Carmen's stepsister, Krista, ran away from home and came to Carmen for help.
Carmen's mom is dating this guy named David, and Carmen really hates him. She manages to break the two up, but realizes her big mistake. Lena just broke up with her boyfreind from Greece, and misses him dreadfully. Somehow, Kostos, her boyfriend, meets Lena back in the U.S, and they "do it" in the park. But then, Kostos mysteriously goes back to Greece, and its up to Lena to track him down. Tibby heads off to Virginia for a film program. There, she has to make a biography film, so she makes a comic one of her mom. Unfortunatly, she makes her mom feel very sad, so Tibby has to make it up to her mom. Bridget flies to Alabama to see her grandmother, but in a disguise in order to find out about her dead mother. While there, she meets some of her old Alabama friends, boys she used to play with on a soccer team. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - humorous Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Parents/lack of parents problem? Loving/sexing? - guy chasing Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 40's-50's How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes The US: - West - Northeast - Midwest Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - licking - Boob talk! - Vagia talk! Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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