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Sep 08, 2020 | ISBN 9780593118092 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Sep 08, 2020 | ISBN 9780593204498 | Middle Grade (8-12) Buy
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Sep 08, 2020 | ISBN 9780593118092 | Middle Grade (8-12)
Sep 08, 2020 | ISBN 9780593204498 | Middle Grade (8-12)
BE CLASSIC with Little Women, introduced by New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson.Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn’t be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they’re putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there’s one thing they can’t help wondering: Will Father return home safely?
Timeless in its evocation of idealized family life and robustly enduring, Little Women is recognized as one of the best-loved classic children’s stories of all time. Originally written as a “girls” story, its appeal transcends the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. For this is a beguiling story of happiness and hope, of the joys of companionship, domestic harmony and infinite mother love, all seen through the life of the March family. But which of the four March sisters to love best? For every reader must have their favorite. Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg, or precocious and beautiful Amy, the baby of the family? Little Women was an instant success when first published in 1868, and followed only a year later by the sequel, Little Wives.
Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832, the second of four daughters of Abigail May Alcott and Bronson Alcott, the prominent Transcendentalist thinker and social reformer. Raised in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated by her father, Alcott early on… More about Louisa May Alcott
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