{"product_id":"belittled-women-isbn-9780358567356","title":"Belittled Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e, as teenage Jo Porter rebels against living in the shadow of her literary namesake.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLit’s about to hit the fan. Jo Porter has had enough \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e to last a lifetime. As if being named after the sappiest family in literature wasn’t sufficiently humiliating, Jo’s mom, \u003cem\u003eahem\u003c\/em\u003e Marmee, leveled up her Alcott obsession by turning their rambling old house into a sad-sack tourist attraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Jo, along with her siblings, Meg and Bethamy (yes, that’s two March sisters in one), spends all summer acting out sentimental moments at \u003cem\u003eLittle Women Live!,\u003c\/em\u003e where she can feel her soul slowly dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when a famed photojournalist arrives to document the show, Jo seizes on the glimpse of another life: artsy, worldly, and fast-paced. It doesn’t hurt that the reporter’s teenage son is also eager to get up close and personal with Jo—to the annoyance of her best friend, aka the boy next door (who is definitely \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e called Laurie). All Jo wants is for someone to see the person behind the prickliness and pinafores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she gets a little too real about her frustration with the family biz, Jo will have to make peace with kitsch and kin before their livelihood suffers a fate worse than Beth.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWith a little grit and a lot of wit and humor, Amanda Sellet dives deep into what it means for a teen to both live up to and strain against expectations, while navigating the challenges of forging one’s own path in life. Jo’s experiences manage to be delightfully outlandish yet perfectly authentic. \u003cem\u003eBelittled Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a pitch-perfect homage to the messy-yet-loving chaos of family life. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Nora Roberts wrote a YA\u003cem\u003e Little Women\u003c\/em\u003e retelling, this would be it. Brimming with effortless banter set against a satisfying slow-burn romance, \u003cem\u003eBelittled Women\u003c\/em\u003e is the very definition of a romantic comedy. Hilarious from page one, Amanda Sellet draws us into Jo Porter’s waking nightmare: the never-ending carousel of life in a literal \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e reenactment at her mother’s roadside Kansas attraction. Living under the weight of her alternate life portraying “Book Jo” and her family’s expectations, our Jo can’t wait to bust free, but what’s holding her back might be what’s been holding her together all this time. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Henning, author of Throw Like a Girl and It's All in How You Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelittled Women\u003c\/em\u003e is not just for fans of \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e—it’s also for those of us who love a book featuring a rebellious, smart protagonist, a rustic, charming setting, and prose that makes us literally laugh out loud. Jo is a lovable and hilarious heroine, and readers will also fall in love with her family, her hometown, and her journey to figure out exactly who she is and what she wants. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaquel Vasquez Gilliland, author of Pura Belpré Award–winning How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI loved this wry, witty, raucous take on \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e. Sellet nails the absurdity, love, and occasional brawls of sisterhood. The Porters are a boisterous delight.   - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Spotswood, author of Great or Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"More of a “what if” than a retelling, this novel will interest fans of the original but will also appeal to teens who are looking to be the weavers of their own tales, clobber their bratty sister a bit, and savor the \"almost\" moments with the cute boy next door. With quick, breezy prose and relatable dialogue, the Porter sisters may not rival the Marches, but they leave their own mark.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eALA Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this lighthearted take on Louisa May Alcott’s \u003cem\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/em\u003e [...] the characters’ snappy repartee is both biting and affectionate, and the premise’s cheeky inventiveness—a remix within a remix that both enacts and interrogates the source material—buoys this playful jaunt.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889947013349,"sku":"NP9780358567356","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780358567356.jpg?v=1730232241","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/belittled-women-isbn-9780358567356","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}