At sixteen, Anne Shirley is no longer the wide-eyed orphan who stumbled into Green Gables. She's a teacher now, standing before the very classroom she once attended, determined to inspire her students the way Matthew and Marilla once inspired her. But teaching proves harder than dreaming. Her students test her patience, her neighbor Mr. Harrison finds fault with everything she does, and Anne must learn that idealism alone won't quiet a classroom of restless children. This is also the story of two new arrivals at Green Gables: the wild Davy and silent Dora, orphans Marilla takes in, who gradually become the siblings Anne never had. And beneath the small dramas of rural Prince Edward Island, something more delicate stirs. Anne is growing up. First love flickers. Old friendships shift. The girl who once talked to mirrors and pretended her reflection was a lifelong friend is beginning to understand that becoming an adult means leaving certain dreams behind. For readers who fell in love with Anne at Green Gables, this sequel captures a more tender, more complex moment: the difficult beauty of growing up and learning that the world asks more of us than simply wanting to be good.
