New Chronicles of Rebecca

Rebecca Randall returns, no longer the untamed creature of Sunnybrook Farm but a girl on the cusp of something larger. Living with her strict Aunt Miranda in the village of Riverboro, she tends gardens and churns butter, yet her mind soars far beyond the borders of Maine. She composes poetry in secret, watches clouds for omens, and dreams of a life unbound by convention. When death arrives unexpectedly in Riverboro, leaving a motherless child, Rebecca confronts loss for the first time. The girl who once saw magic in everything must now reckon with the world's sorrow and find within herself the capacity to help. Wiggin captures something true about growing up: how the imagination that sustained childhood must now make room for grief, responsibility, and the hard work of caring for others. This is a book about the moment when dreaming is no longer enough, and what rises in a young heart to meet that challenge.