Emily Climbs, Version 3

Emily Starr refuses to be ordinary. Orphaned and sent to live with relatives who see her writing as a silly distraction, she faces an impossible choice: abandon her dream of becoming a great writer, or fight for her future against everyone who believes in her failure. When her stern Aunt Ruth threatens to send her away if she continues chasing impossible ambitions, Emily must hide her manuscripts and steal moments for her art. At Shrewsbury Academy, she finds fierce friendships and bitter rivals, but nothing tests her resolve like the small-minded people who delight in her failures. Montgomery captures something universal: the loneliness of wanting something deeply that others dismiss, and the fierce, sometimes desperate choices we make to protect our calling. This is a girl who will not be silenced, and her climb is just beginning.