Introduction Summary

Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and More from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares, is a short companion piece to the author's earlier novel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In the original novel, four close friends - Carmen, Bridget, Lena, and Tibby - are apart for the first time in their lives when the activities they undertake during their 16th summer force them to scatter far and wide. Before the summer begins, they discover that despite the fact that they are of very different sizes and body types, there is one pair of jeans that fits each of them perfectly. During the summer, they ship the "traveling pants" back and forth as a means of staying in touch, sharing their experiences and taking advantage of the pants' magical powers to make good things happen.

The book's introduction, which is...