L. M Montgomery
Author
Language
English
Description
Valancy Stirling, an inhibited twenty-nine-year-old spinster whose daydreams of the blue castle console her, undergoes a total personality change when a doctor tells her she has no more than one year to live. Oppressed by family and small-town prejudice, her apparently imminent death gives her the courage to assert herself and seek love.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Get swept into another era in this classic from author L. M. Montgomery. Originally penned with younger audiences in mind, Chronicles of Avonlea is a comfort read that will captivate readers of all ages. This collection of heartwarming short stories capturing the vicissitudes of life in a sleepy seaside town will draw you in again and again.
4) Emily climbs
Author
Series
Emily Starr trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, writing helped her face the difficult, lonely times. But now all her friends are going away to high school in nearby Shrewsbury, and her old-fashioned, tyrannical aunt Elizabeth will only let her go if she promises to stop writng! All the same, this is the first step in Emily's climb to success. Once in town, Emily's activities set the Shrewsbury gossips ...
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there she must cope with her infamous aunts Hetty and Olivia and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins. Soon Sara must make a heartwrenching decision whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Gilbert is offered a position in New York and he convinces Anne to go with him. But big city life isn't what they expected. After her script is stolen, they travel from New York to the war effort in Europe and they eventually return to Prince Edward Island.