Thirteen-year-old Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, she was able to face the lonely times more easily because of her writing. But now her tyrannical aunt Elizabeth won't let her go to high school in nearby Shrewsbury unless she stops her "foolish scribblings." Not one word of fiction, Aunt Elizabeth decrees, until she graduates. At first, Emily can't imagine a life without stories, but she soon comes to see her aunt's restriction as an opportunity to expand her writing skills. When she has some poems published and begins reporting for the town's newspaper, it's the first step in her climb to success, and it brings with it the first hints of romance as well. Then Emily is offered an extraordinary opportunity, and she must decide if she wants to change her life forever.
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