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Book Review of Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 2)

Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, Bk 2)
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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 has arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people at Avonlea AND a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new school teacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three R's, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's 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 funnybone.