Eleven-year-old Emily lived in such a desolate place that even the old maid pitied her. A pale, poorly dressed girl wandered alone through the surrounding fields, but she did not feel lonely and unhappy, because she lived in a fantasy world where her friends were a Wind Woman, fairies and elves.… She also had a much-loved father, Mike, and a bully named Sal. But when her father died, Emily ended up with her mother's sisters at a farm called New Moon. It is difficult for a sensitive and proud girl to get along with a domineering aunt Elizabeth. She describes her experiences in letters to her father, finding an outlet in her work. But gradually she made friends, and eventually she fell in love with New Moon and its inhabitants.