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Book Four: Summer of Gold
Emily greets the summer holiday with mixed feelings: while there's no more school, there's also no Alice to play with ever since Alice's parents forbade their friendship. But summer holds out new promise with Emily's discovery of a dog on the beach. Near death when she spots him and with no one to claim him, it doesn't take long before Emily's tender-loving care restores him to his happy and healthy self. In fact, Sam is such a great dog that soon Emily worries that he may be dognapped! Victoria has just been hit with gold fever and men are thronging into the city from Seattle to grab gear—and good dogs if they can find them—before heading up north to the Klondike to get rich. The gold rush, it seems, can change everyone's fortunes—even those of a dog!
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Book Three: Building Bridges
When Hing's family finally arrives, Emily becomes fast friends with his daughter Mei Yuk. But as Emily brings Mei Yuk into her social life, she finds some things changing between her and her best friend, Alice. Inspired by her art teacher, a young Emily Carr, Emily learns the importance of staying true to oneself and the meaning of tolerance and friendship.
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Book Two: Disaster at the Bridge
As the four-day celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday draws near, Emily's excitement at the approaching festivities is tempered by a falling-out with her best friend, Alice, who seems to prefer the company of Florence, a new girl at school. Even worse, Florence has a bicycle, while Emily can only dream of one for herself. Emily consoles herself with letters to Hing's daughter, Mei Yuk, who may be coming to Canada soon, thanks to Hing's hard work.
But on May 26, as Emily, her family, and friends board streetcars for the ride to Esquimalt and the climax of the holiday celebrations, all petty squabbles are forgotten. As their streetcar rolls onto Point Ellice Bridge, disaster strikes—and it will take all Emily's strength to save herself and those around her.
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Book One: Across the James Bay Bridge
Emily lives with her parents and her two sisters in Victoria B.C., with all the comforts that middle-class life in 1896 can provide. But her world is shaken when she befriends the family's servant, Hing, a Chinese immigrant. As she uncovers details of Hing's life in Chinatown and the tragic story of the family he's left behind in China, her heart is changed forever.
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