TV-PG-LV. After Emily Murray's father dies, relatives pick to see who will care for her; Emily takes a dislike to her aunt Elizabeth.

TV-PG-L. Emily arrives in New Moon, but is unhappy and runs to the train station; Aunt Laura, cousin Jimmy and choreboy Perry Miller become Emily's allies.

TV-PG-V. Emily is horrified when Elizabeth announces she will attend school; Cousin Jimmy is taunted by the schoolchildren.

TV-PG-V. Emily develops a crush on Teddy Kent, one of the boys at school.

TV-PG-L. Elizabeth finds Emily has written terrible things about her and the two fight; banned from writing, Emily finds a different way to tell stories.

TV-PG-LV. Emily and Ilse take interest as Mr. Bowles tries to win Laura's hand while Dr. Burnley also cares for her.

TV-PG-DL. Emily and Ilse search for the truth about Ilse's mother, whose ghost guides them to each other in a frozen forest; Ilse nurses a fever-delirious Emily.

TV-PG-DL. While visiting great-aunts Caroline and Nancy, Emily learns of the rumor that Ilse's mother ran off with a cousin; Emily is saved from an animal trap.

TV-PG-L. Francis Carpenter becomes Emily's new teacher and mentor until a drunken episode threatens his career.

TV-PG-DV. Emily attempts to befriend Duncan McHugh after seeing him cry at a public hanging.

TV-PG-DL. Emily and Ilse befriend Maida Flynn, who is pregnant and homeless; Emily vows to adopt Maida's baby.

TV-PG-L. Emily meets Juliet, the ghost of her mother as a child; Juliet's doll bridges the future and past for Emily.

TV-PG-DL. Emily and Ilse believe Lofty John Sullivan is the devil reincarnated.