Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of)

Jessica MacLeish at HarperCollins has bought author-illustrator Kathleen Gros's Jo: A Graphic Novel, a modern take on Little Women, told from Jo March's perspective. The middle grade story will focus on 13-year-old Jo, who runs an anonymous blog about her family, as she acclimates to eighth grade, makes new friends, and realizes she might have feelings for her middle school newspaper editor, a girl named Freddie Baer. Publication is planned for fall 2020; Elizabeth Bennett and Jill Corcoran at the Jill Corcoran Literary Agency did the deal for world rights.