Jerusha Abbott, the oldest orphan at the John Grier Home, is sent to college by a trustee she glimpses only as a long shadow on the wall. His one condition is a monthly letter, and her letters, funny, cheeky and illustrated with her own stick figures, tell of classes, friendships, summers on a farm and her ambition to write.
A 1912 epistolary novel with a heroine of real wit, still a favourite of readers who love Anne Shirley and Jo March. Download the free EPUB.