In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women." The play's the thing when sibling rivalry takes center stage in a funny, spot-on, all-new Sisters Club story by the inimitable creator of Judy Moody.

Recounts how Louisa May Alcott came to write Little Women, drawing inspiration from her own life, and examines why this tale of family and community, set during the Civil War, has resonated through later wars, the Depression, and times of changing opportunities for women. Today the novel's beating heart in the portrayal of family resilience and the struggles of girls growing into women remains a book with such power that people carry its characters...

"Louisa May Alcott's beloved children's novel Little Women is one of the classics of American literature. The novel follows the lives of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, and details their passage from childhood to womanhood during the years of the American Civil War. The story was loosely based on Alcott and her sisters' own experiences of growing up in Concord, Massachusetts. The book became an immediate roaring success when it was published...