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Anne of Avonlea
by L.M. Montgomery
I think I gave Anne of Green Gables 5 stars. This one perhaps isn't quite as good, (and as someone who is in the next decade, it's quite disconcerting to read that Lavender Lewis is old at 45!), but it's still a great read. Following straight on from the first book, our heroine is now a school teacher in Avonlea. She and her Aunt, Marilla, take in a set of twins - Davy and Dora - who are seven. Davy is, to use common parlance, a little sod, and some criticism is (justifiably, I guess) made of him by other reviewers, as he gets away with so much. Dora is a good girl, and so we don't get to know anything about what makes her the little girl she is, which is a shame. Despite Davy's 'sodness', I must confess to having a soft spot for him! Anne is as enchanting as ever - still managing to be clumsy and to get into her own sort of trouble (none malicious, and most accidental) so it was a pleasure to see her again. I'm looking forward to more of Anne's journey from childhood to adulthood.