A Gift for Jo (Portraits of Little Women)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385326688 ISBN 13: 9780385326681

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1999

Anger threatens to divide the March family when Jo's beautiful gift journal, in which she collects her most secret and personal thoughts, is read by her sisters.

From the Publisher:

Little girls, parents, and teachers will cherish these original stories, inspired by the timeless classic Little Women, which capture each of the March sisters at age 10, as they experience the joys and sorrows of sisterhood, family life, and a changing America. Written by award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, each hardcover book is packaged with a beautiful portrait cover, cloth bookmark, and black & white illustrations throughout. Each book also includes a section with crafts, recipes, and other activities that bring the stories to life.

From the Inside Flap:

Painfully shy Beth March is excited to be visiting New York City with her parents. The theater, opera, symphony, museums–Beth loves every minute of her adventure. She even meets Abraham Lincoln, and has the courage to tell him that women deserve the right to vote. But once she’s back in Massachusetts, none of Beth’s schoolmates believe that she really spoke to Mr. Lincoln or that she even met him. They know Beth is shy–too shy to speak to a man running for president of the United States. Even Beth’s younger sister, Amy, thinks Beth is lying. Now Beth wishes she’d never been to New York . . . until she’s surprised by an unexpected visitor.