Louisa May Alcott
1) Little women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys; a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights; where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.
3) Jo's boys
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Look out for Little Women-soon to be a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Streep! Louisa May Alcott's enchanting tale of Jo March and her former students concludes with this beautiful keepsake edition of Jo's Boys, the final novel in the Little Women Collection! Ten years after Jo opened a school for boys, the little men have grown up and left Plumfield. Now college students, sailors, and musicians,...
4) Little men
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
Author
Language
English
Description
Readers who can't get enough of the quaint and quirky sisters in Alcott's Little Women will love Under the Lilacs, too. In it, two young girls set out to have a pretend tea party, but wind up finding a runaway circus performer, whose discovery sets off a chain of mysterious events. A whimsical read for fans that will delight young and old alike.
10) The inheritance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
An Italian orphan, reared in an English family, is ever reminded of her humble birth. But a mysterious will sheds new light on her true birthright.
11) Eight cousins
Author
Language
English
Description
Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.
13) Rose in bloom
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1360L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose returns home after two years of travel with her Uncle Alec to find herself suddenly surrounded by young men vying for her hand in marriage, but she vows to have nothing to do with romance until she has established her own independence and is sure she has found a man she can trust.
15) Little women
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
16) The inheritance
Language
English
Description
Beautiful orphan Edith Adelton came to the United States as a child to be a companion and tutor to the Hamilton family's young daughter Amy. Though Edith's parentage is a mystery, she has found great happiness with the Hamiltons. When the family's cousin Ida comes to visit, Mrs. Hamilton enlists Edith in a matchmaking plan involving two suitors for Ida. But both men fall for the lovely Edith. As Ida sees her chances fade, she schemes to discredit...
18) Little women
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...