Charlotte Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
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Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they're fabulous. Lena decides they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything), thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs they decide to form a sisterhood, and take the vow of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye. And now the journey of the pants–and the most memorable summer of their lives–begins.
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Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2004 · Young Adult · Winner
Garden State Teen Book Award
2004 · Fiction (Grades 9-12) · Winner
Iowa Teen Award
2004 · Young Adult · Winner
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2004 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2004 · Middle Grades · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2004 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Winner
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2003 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Heartland Award
2003 · Young Adult · Winner
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2002 · High School · Winner
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2002 · Children's Literature · Winner
Bookseller's Choice
2002 · Young Adult · Winner
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2002 · Ages 12 & Up · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2002 · Young Adult · Commended
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