Books like Little Women and me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
While working on a school assignment, teen Emily March immerses herself in Louisa May Alcott’s celebrated novel, Little Women. When she finishes reading, she is transported into the story’s world—as if she has stepped into the 19th‑century New England setting of the title. Within this familiar family of sisters and their everyday life, Emily encounters unexpected changes to her own perspective and role. The narrative explores themes of family, sisterhood, and the conduct of life, as a contemporary adolescent confronts the timeless situations of a historic family and discovers new insights into herself and her place in the world.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Lauren Baratz-Logsted
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