Jo: an Adaptation of Little Women (sort Of)
Paperback – Illustrated, September 22, 2020
HarperCollins · Paperback · September 22, 2020
A modern-day graphic novel adaptation of Little Women that explores identity, friendships, and new experiences through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Jo March.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic-novel Little Women adaptation follows Jo through school, friendship, and questions of identity.
- Themes
- Identity and self-discovery, Friendship, Family change and separation
- Genres
- Classic Adaptations, LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels, Growing Up
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A modern-day graphic novel adaptation of Little Women that explores identity, friendships, and new experiences through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Jo March. A must-read for fans of Raina Telgemeier. With the start of eighth grade, Jo March decides it’s time to get serious about her writing and joins the school newspaper. But even with her new friend Freddie cheering her on, becoming a hard-hitting journalist is a lot harder than Jo imagined. That’s not all that’s tough.
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Jo and her sisters—Meg, Beth, and Amy—are getting used to a new normal at home, with their dad deployed overseas and their mom, a nurse, working overtime. And while it helps to hang out with Laurie, the boy who just moved next door, things get complicated when he tells Jo he has feelings for her. Feelings that Jo doesn’t have for him…or for any boy. Feelings she’s never shared with anyone before. Feelings that Jo might have for Freddie. What does it take to figure out who you are? Jo March is about to find out.
Growing Into Jo
A graphic-novel Little Women adaptation follows Jo through school, friendship, and questions of identity.
Come here for
- Jo finding her footing at the school newspaper
- A classic adaptation attentive to friendship and identity
Expect
- Eighth-grade pressures alongside changes at home
- Uncertainty around feelings as part of growing up
Where it sits
| LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels | 56% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 54% |
| Classic Adaptations | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Classic Adaptations
- LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels
- Sibling Stories
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- Growing Up
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- LGBTQ+ Stories
- Authors
- Kathleen Gros
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 22, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Identity and self-discovery · Friendship · Family change and separation
- Reading lane
- The Classics