Emily Climbs

Emily Climbs is L.M. Montgomery's sequel to Emily of New Moon, about a young writer who leaves her beloved farm to chase her ambitions in a new town.

Emily Byrd Starr has promised her strict Aunt Elizabeth she will give up writing stories, but she cannot give up her calling. When she is sent away to attend high school in Shrewsbury and live with her stern Aunt Ruth, Emily finds a new world of friends, rivals, and possibilities. She reunites with old friends Ilse, Teddy, and Perry, each chasing ambitions of their own, and finds herself pulled between duty, friendship, and the first stirrings of romance.

Through it all, Emily keeps climbing toward the "Alpine Path" of her ambition, filling notebooks with poems and stories even when no one is watching. She faces small-town gossip, a jealous rival, and the sting of rejection letters, all while holding on to her belief that she is meant to write. She also carries a strange gift, brief flashes of insight that come to her unbidden, a quiet thread of the uncanny running through an otherwise down-to-earth story. It is a gentle coming-of-age tale about ambition, imagination, and the pull between home and the wider world.

Fans of Anne of Green Gables and other classic Prince Edward Island stories will feel right at home here, drawn in by the same warmth, humor, and small-town charm that made Montgomery's books beloved for generations.

Andrew Bond reads gently, letting Emily's world open at a bedtime pace. Follow her along at her own quiet speed, and you'll be under long before she reaches the top of the hill.