Emily of New Moon

Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery - Enjoy the first book in this fabulous series from the author of the "Anne of Green Gables" series. This book features an active table of contents and the ability to jump between chapters.Follow the story of Emily Starr, a young girls who finds herself an orphan after her father passes away. She is soon sent to live on New Moon farm on Prince Edward Island. There she meets a collection of fascinating, entertaining characters as she pursues her truest dream -- to be a writer.Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonelyuntil her beloved father died. Now Emilys an orphan, and her mothers snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. Shes sure she wont be happy. Emily deals with stiff, stern Aunt Elizabeth and her malicious classmates by holding her head high and using her quick wit. Things begin to change when she makes friends, with Teddy, who does marvelous drawings; with Perry, whos sailed all over the world with his father yet has never been to school; and above all, with Ilse, a tomboy with a blazing temper. Amazingly, Emily finds New Moon beautiful and fascinating. With new friends and adventures, Emily might someday think of herself as Emily of New Moon.



Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 in Prince Edward Island. Her three children were born at Leaskdale, and she wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the Macdonald family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926.Maud died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.