Emily Starr desperately wants to go to high school in nearby Shrewsbury with all her friends. But Aunt Elizabeth will only allow it if Emily stays in town with her Aunt Ruth, a woman so strict she refuses to allow Emily to follow her dream of being a writer. Emily reluctantly agrees, but once in town, she is itching to write down some of her hilarious adventures. She may have agreed not to write, but it will certainly never stop her imagination...