&quot;Jo&#39;s Boys&quot; is the third book in Louisa May Alcott&#39;s<i> Little Women</i> trilogy, published in 1886.&nbsp;<br /><br />The book begins 10 years after the end of &quot;Little Men&quot; and follows the lives of the Plumfield boys as they grow up and begin their forays into the world. Childhood friends become flirtatious young men and women, encountering the trouble of the adult world. This novel, along with the preceding books in Alcott&#39;s series are highly autobiographical, featuring characters paralleling Alcott&#39;s life.