January Children’s Classic Read
Things slowly begin to change for the better when Emily makes some new friends. There’s Teddy Kent, who does marvelous drawings; Perry Miller, the hired boy, who’s sailed the world with his father yet has never been to school; and above all, Ilse Burnley, a tomboy with a blazing temper. With these wonderful companions at her side and adventures around every corner, Emily begins to find her new home beautiful and fascinating–so much so that she comes to think of herself as Emily of New Moon.
In this first volume of the celebrated Emily trilogy, Lucy Maud Montgomery draws a more realistic portrait of a young orphan girl’s life on early twentieth-century Prince Edward Island.
Several years ago Mr Book Hippie bought me the last two Emily books in a used bookstore we found while out of town for our anniversary. Knowing my love of Anne, he thought I may like Emily. I looked for the first book for a long time to match my two other copies but alas have not found them yet. I saw this purple edition of Emily go cheap on Amazon so I scooped it up! I plan to read all three but wanted to start the new year Classic Read with this. I am 60 pages in and I am in love with Emily! I may even like her more than Anne! Shhhh. January 2020!
Just wow.
