For the first time ever, a young adult novel about the teen years of
L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES.
Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Maud to her friends -- has a
dream: to go to college and become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa
May Alcott. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island,
she worries that this dream will never come true. Her grandfather has
strong opinions about a woman's place in the world, and they do not
include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has a teacher to
believe in her, and good friends to support her, including Nate, the
Baptist minister's stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he
weren't a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve.
Then again, Maud isn't sure she wants to settle down with a boy -- her
dreams of being a writer are much more important.
But life changes for Maud when she goes out West to live with her father
and his new wife and daughter. Her new home offers her another chance at
love, as well as attending school, but tensions increase as Maud
discovers her stepmother's plans for her, which threaten Maud's future
-- and her happiness forever.