Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet. Sarah Barley Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing Division, 2026. Young adult fiction. The March sisters from Little Women are back in a contemporary mystery! Their father has written a novel about his daughters and has killed off Beth. The whole family is now on the news and famous. Apparently, the father has taken off to Canada to let the whole situation cool down.
If you are familiar with Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, the girls, mostly high schoolers, will seem like old friends, but different, too. They have been updated with modern touches. Mom is a nurse. Rich Aunt March promises to send one of the sisters to study at a tony private school. One wants to study in Paris but doesn't have the money. Beth has a boyfriend, Henry Hummel, while Theodore Laurence still lives next door. Meg is a student at Harvard, still likes John Brooke and rooms with Sallie Gardiner. When Sallie throws a wild party, tragedy happens for real. But, who is responsible?
Definitely readers will want to read the original Louisa May Alcott before this novel in order to appreciate the twists and turns here. Creative, bold, and definitely a mystery for young adults, this work is well written. This is Bernet's debut novel and we can only look forward to more by her.
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