Editor: Bookworm360Emily Byrd Starr, aspiring authoress and a child of elfland, is taken in by her relatives after her father's death. There, she begins to love the old homestead, learning all its traditions and stories, spinning some of her own in the process. Gaining many good friends as her story progresses, Emily rejoices, sorrows, and has extraordinary things happen to her as she grows up in New Moon. (Summary by MaybeCordelia)
Narrator: SimplySouthernReader
Source text : https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61236
Dramatic Script (please read only from this text!): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_o9FeDgIRj8uX_Jr3vQfqWg44wGURQoktB47fViwgPw
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