![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jo gets a job - and a new boyfriend - while her parents go through a divorce outdoors-hating Ama must hike and rock climb when she ends up at a summer wilderness camp and sweet Polly decides to become a model, despite her short stature and buck teeth. Now, during their last summer before high school, the girls must figure out if they will grow together or grow apart as they each face their own challenges. Instead, the motif that ties these friends together is their planting of three willow trees in elementary school. "It's the best reason I can give for a lot of terrible-fitting jeans in our middle school," Ama notes. Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. New: 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows and Ann Brashares First things first: There are no magical pants in Brashares' newest novel, despite 3 WILLOWS' tagline: "The sisterhood grows." Like many girls, three old friends - Ama, Jo, and Polly - wanted to emulate the famed Sisterhood, still a neighborhood legend after the girls have moved away to college. Ann Brashares (born July 30, 1967) is an American writer of young adult fiction. ![]()
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