Anne of Avonlea

At sixteen, Anne is grown up almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as the freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and the reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone elses romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about the strange behavior of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone. The second book in our favourite Canadian series on Anne of Green Gables. Everyone loves Anne and her adventures.