Set ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, the New England school still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Jo's Boys--including sailor Emil, promising musician Nat, and rebellious Dan--are grown. Jo, herself, remains at the center of this tale, holding her boys fast through shipwreck and storm, disappointment ... and even murder.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.