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On a Prince Edward Island farm, a homemade newspaper and a gifted storyteller turn small adventures into a whole childhood.
In L. M. Montgomery's The Golden Road, Beverley King looks back on life at the family homestead in Carlisle. He and his younger brother Felix stay with their cousins, sharing quarrels, schemes, and discoveries. At the heart of their world is Sara Stanley, the Story Girl, whose tales make ordinary days shine.
The children start their own newspaper, Our Magazine, and find plenty to stir their imaginations beyond the farm. There is the feared Peg Bowen and a lonely man who lives apart. Rather than follow one grand plot, the novel moves through small adventures and changing seasons, with laughter close to the gentle sadness of growing up.
What you’ll discover
- A newspaper of their own Join the children's plans for Our Magazine, a homemade paper full of shared ambition.
- The Story Girl's spell Meet Sara Stanley, whose gift for storytelling brings legends and ordinary moments to life.
- Cousins with strong opinions Enjoy Felicity's pride, Cecily's kindness, and Dan's readiness for an adventure or an argument.
- Mystery beyond the homestead Follow the children's curiosity toward neighbors who seem frightening, lonely, or hard to understand.
- Gladness touched by loss See childhood through Beverley's backward glance, warm with affection and aware that seasons pass.
Who will love it
You will love this if you enjoy warm family stories, country life on the Island, quarrels that end in laughter, tales within tales, or if Anne of Green Gables is a favorite.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A shared project turns rivals into teammates
- Stories give ordinary evenings new meaning
- Small promises reveal the children's hearts
- Courtesy matters before identities are known
- A feared neighbor opens her door
- Friendship makes room for forgiveness
- Growing up casts a quiet shadow
- Imagination grows stronger through kindness
- Ordinary days become precious in memory
Who’s who
- Beverley KingThe narrator and editor of Our Magazine, a city boy spending the year on the farm, who looks back on it as a grown man.
- The Story Girl (Sara Stanley)The cousin whose voice holds everyone spellbound, who tells tales from old books and neighbors and sees colors in thoughts.
- Felicity KingThe pretty, proud cousin who prides herself on cooking, good manners and being right, and who quarrels with nearly everyone.
- Cecily KingFelicity's gentle sister, kind to everyone, who wants to stay a little girl and collects names for a missionary quilt.
- Dan KingBeverley's stubborn, sharp-tongued cousin who loves a joke, hates fuss, and answers Felicity with sweet names.
- Felix KingBeverley's younger brother, cheerful and plump, who worries about his weight and edits the jokes and the information bureau.
- Peter CraigThe loyal hired boy who adores Felicity, quotes his Aunt Jane, and writes stories and an ode.
- Sara RayA timid neighbor girl who cries easily, obeys her strict mother, and blunders into trouble at the worst moments.
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The Golden Road
by L. M. Montgomery · 1913
Children on a Prince Edward Island farm write their own magazine and take shelter with a witch in a blizzard.
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What would you do on a wild November night, with a wood fire roaring and a kitchen full of cousins, if your plan needed everyone to agree? Beverley King and the Story Girl have one.
The Golden Road at a glance
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- Length
- 72,700 words
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- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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- 1913by L. M. Montgomery
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A winter plan gives each child a job
It begins on a wild November night in Uncle Alec's kitchen, with rain on the roof. The cousins have played blind man's buff until the game goes flat. Beverley then offers an idea he has hatched in secret with the Story Girl. They will write a newspaper of their own and fill it with everything they do.
The Story Girl knows Felicity will oppose anything she suggests. So she sneers at the plan out loud, and Felicity jumps to defend it, with Peter close behind.
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Montgomery, L. M. The Golden Road. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-road.
Montgomery, L. M. (2026). The golden road. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-road (Original work published 1913)
Montgomery, L. M. The Golden Road. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-road.
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What is The Golden Road about?
It follows one year in the lives of the King cousins and their friends on a Prince Edward Island farm, with their handwritten magazine, stories, pranks, weddings, and the quiet change that comes as childhood moves on.
Who is the Story Girl in The Golden Road?
She is Sara Stanley, a fifteen-year-old cousin with a golden voice, who tells tales from old books and neighbors. She lives nearby, loves the color red, and sees colors in every thought she has.
Is The Golden Road a sequel to The Story Girl?
Yes. It continues with the same children and farm households and refers to the first volume of the family chronicles. It reads well on its own, since every chapter gives a clear, self-contained scene.
The author
L. M. Montgomery
1874–1942 · Canadian novelist
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) was a Canadian writer born on Prince Edward Island. She later lived in Ontario, where she died in Toronto. She wrote novels, short stories and poems. Her novels include Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909) and The Blue Castle (1926).
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