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Mar 01, 2009

Sara rated it:

3.5 stars. While I wouldn't call this part of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, this book is sort of a spin-off from the original series in that it revolves around three girls the summer before starting 9th grade who known of the Sisterhood girls and are in awe of their traveling pants. They don't get a pair of pants to share between them, however; the story just revolves around their friendship.

The girls were fairly likable, even though I grew frustrated at times becau More...

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Mar 08, 2009

Kit rated it:

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. In 3 Willows, Brashares proves that she doesn't need a gimmick. And in a very cool move, she actually addresses the question that lots of re More...

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Jan 23, 2009

Lauren rated it:

Once again, Ann Brashares has written a breathtaking story that will blow readers away and have them begging for more of Ama, Jo, and Polly.

The main focus of 3 Willows is how three best friends have grown apart after four years of friendship and have fallen into different groups that don't involve the other two. Leaving them to wonder that even though they have been through so much together, do they really need each other again? As you can see, this is a big departure from Brashares More...

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Dec 16, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

Reviewed by Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen for TeensReadToo.com

The Sisterhood may be grown up, but their legend lives on.

Meet Polly, Jo, and Ama, three girls who are now entering the very same high school the legendary Sisterhood attended. The three have been friends since third grade, but now with high school approaching, they find themselves being drawn in separate ways and spending the summer apart.

Ama is all about academics, extra credit, and schoo More...

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Feb 01, 2009

KConaway rated it:

There's something about an Ann Brashares' book that makes it such a quick read. These three young women, their friendships, and conflicts seemed more realistic, less tidy than those in the Sisterhood. Ama's pressure to succeed; Jo's issue's with grief, divorce, and an older boy; and Polly's self-image and virtually absent parentage - what teenage girl couldn't find herself in them? Sisterhood fans will appreciate the connections to Tibby, Lena, etc, but this novel would have been just as enjoy More...

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Apr 02, 2009

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summer is a time to grow
seeds
Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead.
roots
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. She did More...

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Jan 29, 2009

Rachael rated it:

Friends Polly, Jo, and Ama have gradually grown apart over the years, despite a strong bond since they were little. Polly is the dreamer, often lost in books. Jo is the lost one, looking for friends in more popular older girls. And Ama is the academic one, unsure of what else she’s good at. It’s the summer before they start high school, and each will change, whether they want to reinvent themselves or not. Polly wants to fix her physical appearance, Jo wants to evade the tough parts of her life More...

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Nov 22, 2008

Teen rated it:

Polly, Ama and Jo make up the new sisterhood from Anne Brashares. Readers who loved the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series will enjoy this book.
There are quite a few ties to the original series. The characters in this book live in the same town and attend the same school as the original sisterhood. The sisterhood is a legend in their town and the three girls have even tried their own version of the pants (impossible with their different shapes & sizes) and later tried a scarf which More...

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Nov 09, 2011

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Nov 07, 2011

Mary rated it:

This novel shares a setting with and a few tangential connections to Brashares's previous series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but readers (or listeners in the case of the audio version) need not have any knowledge of that series to enjoy 3 Willows. Here three friends, Jo, Polly, and Ama, have grown apart, though they still often think nostalgically of their former closeness--including the time at the end of third grade when they planted their class project willow trees in the woods. T More...

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Oct 03, 2011

Ann rated it:

This is a girly book. I had read all the Sisterhood books and the earlier ones were better than the later ones, so I didn't have very high expectations of this book. But it was surprisingly satisfying. So many of the middle school books I am reading have to do with fairies or wizards or magic and not much in the way of character development, or the things I remember worrying about and thinking about when I was 11, 12 and 13. This book covers those bases again, and that of friendships evolvin More...

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Jul 31, 2011

Liralen rated it:

So... I'm confused.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was wildly popular, right? I seem to remember everyone but me having read it, anyway. And the author must have done something good to be so popular.

(Well. Maybe. On the other hand, look at Twilight.)

Which leaves me wondering why this book felt so half-hearted.

I read a digital version. Maybe the print version is better, but I was pretty much reeling in horror from the lack of proofreading/form More...

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Jul 30, 2011

Rebecca rated it:

Finally, a stupid easy read! From the author that brought us TRAVELLING PANTS, comes the next generation! Too bad, it's even lamer then the first batch. It's only three girls this time and they are already unravelling even before the story really begins. Girl #1 spends the summer working at the beach and she makes out with a guy who is the boyfriend of the sister of one of the girls from PANTS. Girl #2 is totally lost and wants to be a model and spends all her money on some modeling school or so More...

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Jul 29, 2011

Catherine added it

I really enjoyed the sisterhood of the traveling pants series, which ended appropriately after they were firmly established in college, and begins in late high school--this book begins with girls who are on the brink of high school--the summer before, and is a group of three, who do not have the long time connections that the previous series had, and it is more integrated, with a divorcing family, a fatherless family with an alcoholic mother, and anintact family--so more reflective of urban livi More...

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Jun 05, 2011

Karen rated it:

The new Sisterhood series! Ama, Jo, and Polly first met as 3rd graders, but they are going into high school and facing all kinds of problems and disappointments. Ama, the brainy bookworm concerned with her college applications already, applied for a summer academic program at a university and is instead assigned to a summer wilderness adventure camp where her hair straightener and expensive conditioners are confiscated. She's never been outdoorsy, so camping and dealing with bugs, animals a More...

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Feb 02, 2011

Hannah rated it:

This is a sequal to The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants but it does not have the same characters. Ama, Polly, and Jo were all really good friends throughout middle school, but as soon as 8th grade came along, they were not. Jo became more popular and Ama and Polly got left behind. Over the summer going into 9th grade, they each go on a journey and try to remember each other. Jo goes to her dad's beach house, Ama goes to a camp so she can conquer her fears. And Polly is staying home trying to f More...

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Sep 29, 2010

Cathy rated it:

uggh, where to start...Ok, is it fair to judge adolescent fiction the same way I would judge adult fiction? I think so, because I honestly found the first Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants enjoyable. As the original series progressed I found, as with most series, in an effort to maintain continuity (and sales, I'm sure), the books were published in such rapid succession that they were neither as well-edited or as original as the first(anybody who read the Twilight series should also know where More...

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Jul 08, 2010

Joni rated it:

3 Willows was a good book. It had a lot to live up to thanks to the success of the Traveling Pants series and I think that it will not disappoint. I will say that when I picked it up I was expecting a story very similar to the Traveling Pants books, just with different characters. I was wrong. The novel features girls younger than the Sisterhood. Ama, Jo, and Polly are all 14. Also, these girls used to be friends and they have drifted apart. The friendship between them is very true to life. Ever More...

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Jul 07, 2010

Meghan rated it:

Before I get into any details about the book, I just want to start by saying that anyone who is a fan of Ann Brashare's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series should definitely add this book to their reading list.

3 Willows follows three friends during the summer before they enter high school. Polly, Ama and Jo have been friends since third grade. However, their friendships were starting to fade. As they each face their own challenges during the summer, they begin to realize who More...

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Jul 05, 2010

Erin rated it:

Enjoyable, but not an all-time favorite, I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I'd heard it wasn't that great, that Brashares had tried to tie the old Sisterhood to the new Willows and it was distracting, but I think I liked this just as well as the Sisterhood books, if not a teeny bit more. The themes are almost exactly the same - friendship, family, pushing your boundaries, making choices, and learning about yourself - these girls are just a hair younger I think, and Brashares ties these More...

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Feb 25, 2010

Aaron rated it:

Fans of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series will be thrilled to know that Brashares has tried to keep her success going by writing a spin-off novel. This time, the story involves three new girls, but the story is set in Bathesda, Maryland, like the earlier books. The girls even bump into family and friends of some of the characters from the original sisterhood.

Ama, Polly, and Jo have been friends since the third grade when they were all stuck at school ate when their parents More...

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Nov 04, 2009

Ruhama rated it:

Meet Ama, Polly and Jo: three friends who are facing the first summer before high school as very changed individuals. Each became friends in elementary school and were immediately bonded when they weren't picked up by their parents after school. It was the day they were given tree seedlings, which gives us fodder throughout the book, as they are willow trees and several factoids about willows reflect what they are facing during the summer. But as they grow older, they begin to change and make di More...

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Oct 30, 2009

Rebecca added it

I really liked this book. The first thing I have to say about it is that it had me hooked. For some reason I just couldn't put it down. I kept telling myself, ok I'll read until the end of this chapter but at the end of each chapter I just kept reading because I was dying to find out what happened next.
My next point, the characters. I have to say that I took a liking to all three protagonists. Although at times I felt that Ama and Jo were a bit annoying. But those annoyances dissolved as th More...

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Sep 08, 2009

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Aug 12, 2009

Adzua rated it:

The book 3 Willows by Ann Brashares about three girls named, Jo, Polly, and Ama. In the book the girls go their own separate ways for the summer. Polly is questioning herself and her looks and decides to try out for modeling. Jo, is at her family beach house for the summer and works as bus girl, and meets cute boy that changes her. Meanwhile Ama is an a outdoor sleep away camp, and is miserable and in tears. The internal conflict for Polly is that she worries that friends are growing up to fast More...

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Jul 04, 2009

Mary rated it:

Three girls from the same town as the Sisterhood graduate from 8th grade and have different experiences during the summer before high school that cause them to remember the value of true friends. Polly decides to explore modeling and goes to modeling camp. She learns that her mother Dia's unreliablility may not always have been because she was working on her art. Jo spends the summer at Rehoboth Beach with her mother. She works as a bus-person at a restaurant, gets involved with a very good-loo More...

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May 23, 2009

Caroline rated it:

This was a sort-of companion to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, but you didn't have to read them to get what was going on in this.
This was very different, though, because the girls' friendship is different. That is what I like about this book, that it proves that not all friendships are like that of Carmen, Lena, Tibby, and Bridget, even if the girls are very similar. Jo is a bit like Bridget: she's daring and reckless, and a significant family member of her's is dead; she mu More...

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May 22, 2009

Preet rated it:

When I saw the novel, 3 Willows: A Sisterhood Grows, on a shelf at the library I noticed that the author of this novel had written several other realistic fiction books that I had enjoyed. Ann Brashares, the amazing author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, introduced her latest novel on January 2009. Because I had enjoyed her other novels so much, I was naturally curious to see how this new one would compare.

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Apr 20, 2009

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Apr 04, 2009

Adele rated it:

I have come to the conclusion that I don't gel with Ann Brashares writing. I can recognise that she's good but I can never find my way into one of her novels (with the exception of Tibby). I could argue that the Traveling Pants series were easier for me to relate to as the characters were older and slightly more mature but then I should have enjoyed The Last Summer (of You and Me). I just didn't care enough about Ama, Jo or Polly and I should have.

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