A new student has arrived at plumfield?an unusual school that is run by jo bhaer (now grown-up and married jo March of little women) and her husband Professor Friedrich bhaer. This school is like no other. Children are allowed to have their own gardens, experiment with running businesses, and even given time for pillow fights! For this is an Institute that treats children as individuals, that provides them with a different sort of education and a lot of love. And as the new boy Nat shyly steps into the building, cautiously greeting its lively residents, he is unaware that he has finally found a home. Little men is the second book in the little women trilogy, an endearing children?s classic that has been adapted into a movie and television series, and continues to captivate its readers.