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Of course you know and love Anne of Green Gables. But what about Emily of New Moon? Emily is a new find for me, and she is a delight, even more Anne-of-Green-Gables-ishly forthright than Anne herself. Emily knows, above all things, that she wants to be a writer, and she sets out to do that. Her Aunt Elizabeth throws a rock in her path when she allows Emily to attend high school in a nearby town only after making Emily vow to stop writing fiction during her time there. Emily does so, very relucta
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If you are like me, and you have read the Anne of Green Gables Series, you have also wanted to read the Emily Trilogy. This is the second book, and I am still trying to decide which main character I like better: Anne Shirley or Emily Starr. Maybe I am being unfair, and I should take each one as it is. They are very similar, and I appreciate the descriptions of Prince Edward Island.
Emily Climbs is just as good as Emily of New Moon, and I will go on to read the third books.
Emily Climbs is just as good as Emily of New Moon, and I will go on to read the third books.
Loved it. The Aunt Ruth character is trying at times, but overall the PERFECT book to read as an escape from Covid times.
Also part of the Emily series. See other review.
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