Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

 
Book Menu for The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

ISBN of edition I read:  0385729340 (hardcover)

This installment of the Sisterhood books is by far my favorite. Be sure to check out the Book Menu for the sequel to this title, Girls in Pants.

Food mentioned in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood :
Iced tea, 3, 53, 81, 125
Cherry tomatoes, 3
Gummi worms, 15, 214
Cheese puffs, 15
Juice, 15
Donuts, 21
Cereal, 21
Spaghetti, 36
Salad, 36
Quesedillas, 36
Burgers, 37
Diet Coke, 37
Shish kebab, 50
Milk Duds, 51
Tater Tots, 51
Tarte tatin, 56
Waffle, 57, 259
Pasta Salad, 71
Coffee, 72
Rice Krispies, 76
Lasagna, 78
Herbal tea, 81
Low-fat chips with avocado, 81
Cheesecake, 84
Ben and Jerry's ice cream 87, 200
Pizza, 88, 113
Sesame noodles, 96
Pancakes, 105
Bologna sandwiches and chips, 110
Brownies, 110, 127, 165
M&M cookies, 110
Watermelon, 135
Hamburgers, 137
Potato Salad, 137
Corn, 137
Popsicle, 143
Milkshakes, 149, 252, 257
Carrots, 159
Turkey sandwich, 159
Peanut butter on whole wheat, 184
Cap'n Crunch Berries, 197
Latte, 204
Croissants, 204
Orange Juice, 218
Haagen-Dazs ice cream, 230
Cheerios, 244
Slim Jims, 248
Frosted Flakes, 251
Lemonade, 257, 296
Mint-chip shake, 257
Corn and lobster salad, 265
Raw cookie dough, 267
Strawberry Pop Tarts, 267
Spicy chicken wings, 361

Music  mentioned in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood:
Mozart, 24
   Minuet in G, 24
The Carpenters, 96
Lucinda Williams, 99
Beethoven, 113
  Fifth Concerto, 115
  Emperor Concerto, 222
Led Zeppelin, 137
Nick Drake, 195
Beatles, 270, 305
Beck, 369
Paul McCartney and John Lennon, 305

Books/authors mentioned in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood:
Lord Byron, 6
Jack Handey, 17
Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte, 31
Groucho Marx, 35
Franz Kafka, 73, 261, 295
E.L. Doctorow, 80
e.e. cummings, 94
William Goldman, 106
Ralph Hodson (poet), 117
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths / Edgar Parin D'aulaire, 169
George Bernard Shaw, 234
Walt Whitman, 247
W.B. Yeats, 262
Henry David Thoreau, 276
Charles Dickens, 319
Matt Groenig, 331

Television show mentioned in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood:
Friends, 42, 200

Magazines mentioned in The Second Summmer of the Sisterhood:
Smithsonian, 191
CosmoGIRL, 215
Ladies Home Journal, 314

Great vocabulary in The Second Summer of the Sisterhood:
reclusive, 10
convergence, 14
itinerant, 20
contrarian, 22
inadvertently, 32
lecherous, 43
eschewing, 50
companionably, 59
wheedled, 64
nefarious, 132
magnanimously, 133, 137
derision, 178
harangued, 196, 301
indignation, 202
voracious, 204
malleable, 219
incandescent, 314
discordantly, 33

Discussion questions for The Second Summer of the Sisterhood:
Compare this book to the first.

Would you recommend this book to your mom? Why or why not? What do you think is the best age/reading/grade level for this story?

How would you change this book?

What is the most important thing that happens to each girl?

Who did you most empathize with?

What mother/daughter issue(s) can you relate to in this story?

If you could redesign the cover, what would it look like?