From the same author of the children’s classic Anne of Green Gables, Emily Starr is a spirited and imaginative young girl whose life is filled with wonder and the challenges of growing up with dreams of becoming a writer.
Price range: £7.99 through £24.99
Price range: £7.99 through £24.99
| Author |
L. M. Montgomery |
|---|---|
| Imprint |
Read & Co. Children's |
| Series |
Complete Emily Starr Series |
| Categories |
Books for Children and Teenagers Children's & Teenage Fiction Children's Classic Fiction Children's Family Fiction |
| ISBN | 9781473316812, 9781528770910, 9781473373891 |
| Formats Available | |
| Pages | 338, 342 |
| Publication Date | 05 June 2014, 06 October 2022, 24 April 2015 |
| Weight | 431.3736 kg |
| Dimensions | 5.5 × 8.5 in |
From the same author of the children’s classic Anne of Green Gables, Emily Starr is a spirited and imaginative young girl whose life is filled with wonder and the challenges of growing up with dreams of becoming a writer.
After the death of her father, young Emily is sent to live with her strict Aunt Elizabeth, gentle Aunt Laura, and eccentric cousin Jimmy at New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island. Despite the initial hardships and the stark contrast to her previous life, Emily’s fierce spirit and vivid imagination help her adapt to her new surroundings. As she settles in, she finds solace in writing, pouring her heart into her journal and crafting stories that reflect her innermost thoughts and dreams.
First published in 1923, Emily of New Moon opens one of Montgomery’s most cherished trilogies. This Read & Co. Children’s edition is a beautiful keepsake to read aloud, return to, and gift to any young readers who loved Montgomery’s Anne – the first of three volumes of the Emily Starr Series made to be collected and kept for a lifetime.
Sitting at the heart of our Read and Co. Children’s collection, we are proud to open our Emily Starr series with a beautiful edition of Emily of New Moon, the book that first introduces Emily’s fiery character, her vivid imagination, and her determination to write. Next to L. M. Montgomery’s beloved Anne of Green Gables series, Emily of New Moon is the start of a trilogy worth collecting.
“And always when the flash came to her Emily felt that life was a wonderful, mysterious thing of persistent beauty.”
“It had always seemed to Emily, ever since she could remember, that she was very, very near to a world of wonderful beauty.”
“She was little and pale and poorly clad; sometimes she shivered in her thin jacket; yet a queen might have gladly given a crown for her visions – her dreams of wonder.”
“It would hurt her with its beauty until she wrote it down.”
— L. M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon, 1923
Of all her heroines, Montgomery felt Emily Starr was the closest to herself. With the setting inspired by the place where she grew up, Emily lives on Prince Edward Island and is set on becoming a writer, much like Montgomery herself – Emily of New Moon draws on Montgomery’s own girlhood more openly than her Anne books. It opens a trilogy continued in Emily Climbs (1925) and Emily’s Quest (1927).
Price range: £7.99 through £24.99
From the same author of the children’s classic Anne of Green Gables, Emily Starr is a spirited and imaginative young girl whose life is filled with wonder and the challenges of growing up with dreams of becoming a writer.
