Emily Climbs (Emily Novels)
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  buzzing. But Emily and  her friends are confident --  Ilse's a born actress, Teddy's set to be  a great  artist, and roguish Perry has the makings of a brilliant   lawyer. When Emily has her poems published and  writes for the town  newspaper, success seems to be on  its way -- and with it the first  whispers of  romance. Then Emily is offered a fabulous opportunity,   and she must decide if she wants to change her  life forever.