JO'S BOYS: Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, Jos Boys are grown up and discovering more about the world. But life after childhood can be confusing and frightening, and it is Jo and the warm-hearted March family who can comfort and guide the boys when they need it the most. Jos Boys is the sequel to Louisa May Alcotts beloved work, Little Men. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1862) and its sequels Good Wives, Little Men and Jos Boys. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March, detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.