In which Emily departs from the lovingly familiar surroundings of New Moon to begin her schooling in the grand, if somewhat imposing, town of Shrewsbury, contending with the austere rules and unyielding ways of Aunt Ruth’s household. She finds solace in the enduring affection of cherished friends and the balm of imaginative dreams, even as she steels herself against the loneliness and strictures of her new life.