Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery is the second book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Sixteen year old Anne Shirley has chosen to stay at Green Gables to help Marilla and teach at the school of Avonlea rather than attend college. Although more grown up and responsible than when she first arrived at Green Gables, Anne remains imaginative and idealistic with a continued knack for finding herself in trouble. Along the course of the year, she befriends a cantankerous neighbor, assists Marilla in raising a pair of orphaned twins, initiates an improvement society with Gilbert, and befriends the solitary Miss Lavendar of Echo Lodge.
As with the first book in this series, I found myself with a slightly different perspective of the story than when I initially read it. I shook my head at some of Anne's idealism, cringed in sympathy to the antics of six year old Davy, and yet still found the book to be as delightful and engrossing as ever. Definitely a must read series for girls.
I need to reread these!
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