Having completed her education at Shrewsbury High School, Emily returns to New Moon Farm with renewed determination to establish herself as a writer. Despite numerous rejections, Emily's passion for writing remains unshaken. Her journey is marked by moments of triumph and heartache, as she grapples with the realities of making her dreams come true. Her relationships with those around her also continue to evolve, and the connection to her home at New Moon deepens, providing her with the strength and inspiration she needs to persevere.
First published in 1927, Emily's Quest completes Emily Starr's story, This charming edition by Read & Co. Children's is made to sit beside Emily of New Moon and Emily Climbs as the closing volume of a trilogy to collect, keep, and pass on to the next young writer in the family.
L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian author whose fiction drew on the landscape of her native Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), has sold more than fifty million copies and been translated into thirty-six languages. Throughout her life, she wrote more than twenty novels across several beloved series – the further Anne books, the Emily of New Moon trilogy, the Story Girl books, and the Pat of Silver Bush novels – as well as standalones such as Jane of Lantern Hill. Her work remains among the best-loved in classic children's literature.