Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, writing helped her face the difficult, lonely times. But now all her friends are going away to high school in nearby Shrewsbury, and her old-fashioned, tyrannical aunt Elizabeth will only let her go if she promis...
After reading the second book in the new series by Newbery Award winner Phylis Reynolds Naylor, I went back and grabbed the first book Emily's Fortune. This is a great transitional series for intermediate and younger readers. With short chapters and clever cliff hanger questions at the end, it ke...