The lovable lads of Plumfield return in this heartwarming tale from Louisa May Alcott's series of childhood classics. Just as Little Men resumed Little Women's story of the March sisters--focusing on Jo and the little fellows at her school--Jo's Boys picks up the thread from Little Men to reveal what became of the classmates of Plumfield ten years later.
Upon returning to Plumfield, readers encounter a flourishing acad emy, magnificently endowed by Mr. Laurence, the good neighbor of Little Women. Jo and sister Meg are preparing a welcome for some of the school's original twelve boys: Nat, the orphaned street musician, now a conservatory student in nearby Boston; lovesick Tom, study ing medicine in an attempt to keep pace with Meg's gifted daughter, Nan; rebellious Dan, back from the California mines; and Emil, the sailor home from the sea. Now grown and scattered around the globe, the "little men" remain "Jo's boys."