SURFNETKIDS.COM TEEN BOOK CLUB Got shopping? Get discounts! Visit Surfnetkids: Coupons, Deals and Bargains for hundreds of discounts from dozens of online stores. This week's book: FOREVER IN BLUE by Ann Brashares *New to the book club? Just click on the Missing Read link below for any emails you may have missed. Go to: (Today's book starts after the "Dear Reader" column.) Dear Reader, "Today is a great day to be alive!" It's a phrase that my math teacher always says. She says "today's a great day" and we have to say "to be alive" or else we earn a very evil glare. One kid tried saying, "to take a nap!" and just about got a detention. My class is interesting to say the least. How about your school? We have a new girl who just moved here, and from what it seems, her school was a lot different from ours. But living in California, I suppose a lot of things would be different from chilly old Wisconsin. The first thing I'm going to do when I graduate from UW Madison (the place I plan to go) is move to someplace warm, maybe South Carolina. Someplace where it's like summer all the time so I can go running! I absolutely love to run, although I can be a bit blonde, (well, actually, I am blonde, which reminds me of a song from 'Wicked,' That musical is the best!) Once I went outside for a run in 20 degree below weather and my ears felt like they were about to fall off when I went back inside. I started panicking because I need those ears to play violin. What instruments do you play and how long have you been taking lessons? I am honestly curious, but you know what they say, curiosity killed the cat. Enough of my randomness, go ahead and read this awesome book, and tell me what you think of it, The mysterious one (I'm laughing hysterically right now) Email me at: *Read the Classics: THE OUTSIDERS by S. E. Hinton and enter the free Penguin Classic's Drawing. Go to: Missing an email? Go to: =====TODAY'S FOREVER IN BLUE The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (fiction) Published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books ISBN: 9780385729369 Text Copyright (c) 2007 by Ann Brashares To reference this email: FOREVER (Part 2 of 5) (continued from Monday) "Why don't we keep up the same rotation we've had going till now?" Bridget suggested, straightening her legs in front of her. "No reason to change it just because it's summer." Lena bit the skin around her thumbnail and considered the practical truth of this. Summer used to be different. It was the time they left home, split up, lived separate lives for ten long weeks, and counted on the Pants to hold them together until they were reunited. Now summer was more of the same. Being apart wasn't the exception, Lena recognized, it was the rule. "When will we all be home again?" That was what she wanted to know. But when she thought about it logically, she knew: It wasn't just the answer that had changed, it was the question. What was home anymore? What counted as the status quo? Home was a time and it had passed. Nobody was eating the Gummi Worms. Lena felt like she should eat one or cry. "So we'll just keep up the rotation," she echoed wanly. "I think I get them next." "I have it written down," Tibby said. "Okay." "Well." Lena looked at her watch. "Should we just go?" "I guess," Tibby said. "Do you want to stop at the Tastee Diner on the way home?" Bridget asked. "Yeah," Tibby said, gathering the effects of a ritual that hadn't happened. "Maybe we can see a late movie after. I can't handle my parents tonight." "What time are you guys taking off tomorrow?" Bee asked. "I think our train's at ten," Tibby said. Lena and Tibby were taking the train together: Tibby was getting off in New York to start film classes and her Movieworld job, and Lena was heading up to Providence to change dorm rooms for the summer. Bee was spending time at home before she left for Turkey. Lena realized she didn't want to go home just yet either. She picked up the Pants and cradled them briefly. She had a feeling she could not name exactly, but one she knew she had not had in relation to the Pants before. She had felt gratitude, admiration, trust. What she felt now still contained all that, but tonight it was mixed in with a faint taste of desperation. "If we didn't have them, I don't know what we would do," she found herself thinking as Bee pulled the door of Gilda's shut behind them and they walked slowly down the dark stairs. "One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead." --Oscar Wilde "Carmen, it is beautiful. I can't wait for you to see it." Carmen nodded into the receiver. Her mother sounded so happy that Carmen had to be happy. How could she not be happy? "When do you think you'll move in?" she asked, trying to keep her voice light. "Well, we will need to do some work. Some plastering, painting, refinishing the floors. There's some plumbing and electrical to do. We want to get most of it out of the way before we move in. I hope it will be by the end of August." "Wow. That soon." "'Nena,' it has five bedrooms. Is that unbelievable? It has a beautiful backyard for Ryan to run around in." Carmen thought of her tiny brother. He could barely walk yet, let alone run. He was going to grow up with such a different life than the one Carmen had. "So no more apartment, huh?" "No. It was a good place for the two of us, but didn't we always want a house? Isn't that what you always said you wanted?" She'd also wanted a sibling and for her mother not to be alone. It wasn't always easy getting what you wanted. "I'll have to pack up my room," Carmen said. "You'll have a bigger room in the new house," her mother rushed to say. Yes, she would. But wasn't it a bit late for that? For having a house with a yard and a bigger room? It was too late to redo her childhood. She had the one she had, and it had taken place in her small room in their apartment. It was sad and strange to lose it and too late to replace it. Where did that leave her? Without her old life and not quite coming up with a new one. In between, floating, nowhere. That seemed all too fitting, in a way. "Lena dropped by yesterday to say hi and see Ryan. She brought him a Frisbee," her mother mentioned a little wistfully. "I wish you were home." "Yeah. But I've got all this stuff going on here." "I know, 'nena.'" (continued on Wednesday) ====ABOUT THE A lover of summer, pants, and travel, Ann Brashares lives in New York City with her husband and their three children. Her Sisterhood novels--"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (which was made into a major motion picture), "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood," and "Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the an internationally bestselling and award-winning series that reached #1 on the "New York Times" bestseller list. =========BUY Use this link to get the best price on this week's book: To locate or purchase OTHER BOOKS use this link: =======SHARE THE You can forward this email to your friends and relatives. Encourage them to join our book clubs. It's a great way to stay in touch even if you live thousands of miles apart. Questions, comments or book suggestions? Contact me, Barbara J. Feldman, at: Inc., 991C Lomas Santa Fe Dr. #415 Solana Beach, CA 92075 You are currently buy onlined to surfteen as: To purchase send a blank email to To join any of the free Surfnetkids Book Clubs, visit:

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