Tidbit: Sequels

I was toying with the idea of writing a sequel for my upcoming regency romance, BRENTWOOD'S WARD. Okay. Who am I fooling? I started it and got about halfway through before I got the brilliant idea of asking the editor if they'd be interested. The answer? Nope. It seems sequels aren't necessarily the big hot sellers I thought they were. . . which got me snooping around the ol' interwebs in search of sequels to blockbusters that hardly anyone knows about. See if you've read -- or even heard of -- any of these titles:

THE STARLIGHT BARKING
By Dodie Smith

This is the follow-up story to 101 Dalmations, furthering the adventures of Pongo.

LITTLE MEN
By Louisa May Alcott

The story covers six months in the life of the students at Plumfield, a school run by Professor Friedrich and Mrs. Josephine Bhaer. The idea of the school is first suggested at the very end of part two of "Little Women", when Jo inherited the estate from her Aunt March.

THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK

By Rudyard Kipling

Yeah. You'll never guess what this one is a sequel to. It features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India.

There's also SCARLETT, the book after GONE WITH THE WIND; 

THE BOOK OF THE GREEN PLANET, second after E.T.;

and THE LAST RINGBEARER, an unofficial add-on to the LORD OF THE RINGS series.

So, have you read any of those? I haven't, either. Nor am I rushing out the door to scoop up a copy from Barnes & Noble. Hmm . . . methinks my editor is a wise, wise woman.