Little Women Next Door

by Sheila Solomon Klass

Book Overview

Recounts the efforts of Louisa May Alcott's family to establish a utopian community known as Fruitlands in Massachusetts in 1843, as seen through the eyes of the shy eleven-year-old girl next door.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823414728
• ISBN13: 9780823414727
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Little Women Next Door

Shy, stammering Susan lives with her strict, conservative Pa and her Aunt Nell. When strange new neighbors move in next to their farm, Aunt Nell takes Susan to pay a welcoming call with a gift of apple butter and cheese. To their amazement, the new people appreciate the offer but turn down the cheese since they don't eat any animal products. That's just the first of many different things about the communal group that has moved in at "Fruitlands." Part of the group includes eleven-year old Louisa May Alcott. They become great friends. Susan goes to school there with Mr. Alcott as the teacher. It's a wonderful new world for her and she loses most of her stutter and much of her shyness. Read to learn about some of the new ideas the group has and how long they live at Fruitlands. Fictional and historical characters are used in this interesting account of a slice of the famous author's childhood. A great read, especially for any student who has read Little Women.

little women next door

This book is truly a good read. The only thing I didn't really like about it was that the girls in the book got a little too over enthusiastic over every little thing. The book is about a little girl who stutters and one day she meets neighbors. They make a school and area for their followers, Fruitland. The new neighbors are odd in the girl's poppa's point of view, but they are kind and help the girl over her stuttering problem.