![]() The book name-drops characters from the author's Traveling Pants books and may appeal most to fans of the series.įirst 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. ![]() ![]() There are crushes, dates, and kisses, but no sex. Along the way, the three young teen protagonists deaI with a borderline eating disorder, an alcoholic parent, a fickle cute boy, and the tribulations of fitting in with the popular crowd. Parents need to know that this book from the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ultimately delivers positive messages about doing what's right, making good choices, taking chances, and accepting oneself. The doctor tells her her mother is an alcoholic and must go into an alcohol treatment center.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. In other ways alcohol is certainly not glamorized: Polly's mom makes herself drinks such as gin and tonic and when Polly discovers her passed out, she must take her to the hospital. ![]() Jo tries to get her older co-workers to come over to her empty house by telling them "the liquor cabinet is full." Jo knows she would get in "huge trouble" for raiding the liquor cabinet but she does it anyway. ![]()
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