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like a family again. Little Women is a story of 4 sisters who have faced many battles throughout their lives. They go through family separation and lose one of their sisters and yet at the end they all come together

It all started on the coldest winter they had ever witnessed in their childhood. A temporary poverty had fallen upon the March family some years before. The war was also happening during those chilly winters, and it seemed like the winter would make the war harder. But somehow the March family was able to make its own light. Marmee (the mother) came home and Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy – the 4 sisters –were expecting her earlier but were happy that she came. She was freezing cold, so they all wrapped their mother with a jacket. She had a letter in her pocket, and she told Amy to check who it was from. Amy shouted with excitement - it was from father. Their father was in the army and was fighting in the war. He sent a letter to them, so they would know he is doing well. The letter was very sad, however they were happy to know that their father was alive. Thereafter, Marmee lightened the moment by encouraging all to celebrate Christmas. As it was Christmas Eve Beth started playing Christmas carols on the piano and later all the 4 sisters went to their room and started singing. Jo loved to write stories and plays. At late night, her mind would come alive, and she would visualize friends and makes stories out of it.

The next morning, they were making special treats to eat. Meg called Jo to come at the table for food. It was Jo’s favourite food – sausages. She almost grabbed it to take a bite, but Meg stopped her and told her to wait for everyone to come. Jo was craving to eat sausages and was not happy to wait any longer. The March family offered food to their neighbours called Hummels. Since the Hummels were poor, the March family usually helped them by giving them their food. All the 4 sisters went out wearing thick clothing to give food to the Hummel family. While they were outside, they saw Laurie, who lives opposite to their house, going with his father to the church. Laurie lives with his father in a mansion, and he was very rich, and he also has his own teacher, Mr. Brooke. At night, Jo wrote a play and was enacting it with her sisters, and Laurie was out listening to them from his house. Beth suggested that Jo should publish the story, but she rejected the thought that she could publish a book. They looked out the window and saw Laurie. Beth said that he looks lonely and asked do you think he will try to call us. Meg said that he grew up in Italy nevertheless he came here to live with this awful old man. The next day they were dressing to go to a party. Jo was braiding Meg’s hair and ruined it; however, they still went to the party. Someone was wearing a feather dress at the party and swiftly one of their feathers came off. Jo caught it and someone else saw the feather and told her that she is going to try catching that feather and they both started chasing it. Luckily, Jo caught it, although she found herself in a hall

where Laurie was sitting. They introduced themselves to each other as well as started asking questions to each other. Jo asked Laurie what he was doing sitting by himself. Laurie answered that he was watching Jo because he thought that she was playing a game. Suddenly Meg sprained her ankle plus could not dance anymore so Laurie offered that he could take her in his carriage. When they all reached home, Amy started asking a lot of questions to Laurie because all the four sisters liked him. The next day they started playing with Laurie while Marmee and Mr. Brooke were talking to each other. Mr. Brooke is Laurine’s tutor.

Then Laurie took them to the theatre. At the theatre, Mr. Brooke and Meg were talking to each other. Jo called Amy names. Amy became furious so she burned Jo’s manuscript and they both started fighting and after some time neither of them were happy. Laurie was going to college and Jo gave him all the books he needed. When Beth went to give food to the Hummel’s she found out that the Hummel baby got scarlet fever.

A letter from their father came and it said that he was wounded and was in the hospital, so Marmee went to meet him. But Beth was not feeling so well either and she needed Marmee. So, she came back. It was Christmas, so everyone wanted to give Beth a surprise by giving her a piano and she started playing Deck the Halls. That Christmas, their father came home to give them a surprise. Later everyone was back as a family. After that, Meg and Mr. Brooke got married. Jo wanted to see the world and so Marmee helped Jo find a place in New York. Jo met Mr. Bhear in New York but he told her to call him Friedrich. Jo had some good news that her book was going to be published. Luckily, she had her first draft with her, which she showed to Mr. Friedrich. He replied that it wasn’t good enough to be published. Jo got furious yet controlled her temper. While Amy was in Paris learning painting, Laurie met her with Fred Vaughn. Later, Jo was going to publish her book. However, Jo apologized that her stories cannot reach the high standards and she went back to her home. Beth was still sick, and she was waiting for Jo to come back, but in fact she wanted everyone to come home so they can be like a family again. Unfortunately, Beth passed away and Aunt March went on a sea voyage. Jo said that we will not be a family again. Meg gave birth to a son and a daughter. Afterwards, Amy and Laurie got married and came back home and soon everyone became a family again. Marmee and Dad were gone together. Jo married Friedrich and they all lived happily as a family.

Anna Sewell is from England and she is a British author. This book was very good and fun to read so I would hope that everyone would read this wonderful book. This book represents 4 sisters and a mother who were taking care of everything in the house while their father was fighting in the war. After some time, all hope seemed lost but suddenly everyone became a family again. The author’s style of writing is amusing, sad, depressing, happy, and funny, all at the same time. The age group for this book is 8–18years-old.

My name is Piyush Sehgal, and I am ten years old. I study in Year 6. I like all kinds of sports and activities and my hobbies include badminton and football. My favourite subjects are Maths, English, Science, Art, Physical Education, Arabic and French as I have good teachers to teach me. I enjoy reading books of different genres like suspense, comedy, fiction, non-fiction, adventure, and personal experiences. I hope you find pleasure in reading my thoughts and views.