Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery

I've read Anne of Green Gables several times, and a number of Montgomery's other books including some of the later Anne books. When I picked up Anne of Avonlea to "reread" it, I realized that I'd never read it at all! Anne teaches at Avonlea School, starts a Village Improvement Society and grows up a little. It has all the joy and sweetness of Anne of Green Gables and reading it felt like visiting with old friends. I was disturbed by the random anti-French remarks, which I never noticed in Anne of Green Gables, and that dimmed my enjoyment slightly. But on the whole, a lovely book about the last days of youth and the realization that adulthood is looming over the horizon.