For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

Sick and soaked to the skin, Nat Blake has a stroke of luck when he stumbles across Plumfield, a school run by Jo Bhaer and her husband, a haven for lost boys. Immediately taken in by his new chaperone, Nat discovers a life he never knew could exist: one where education runs side by side with fun, in a school propelled by sound guidance and filled with camaraderie and love.