Anne of Avonlea is the second in L. M. Montgomery's series of books about Anne Shirley. As her fans know, she is the flame-haired, vivacious and imaginative orphan who came to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert in their home of Green Gables. Anne is now sixteen and a half and is about to start teaching at the very same school she herself attended. Those of you who know Anne will realise that she has always been delightfully, accident prone, falling into scrapes because of her plans and adventures. In Anne of Avonlea, despite her new responsibilities, she still can be harem scarem and her life still does not always go according to plan.