Rilla of Ingleside by L.M.Montgomery

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Publication Date: First published in 1921
Publisher: McClelland & Steward
ISBN:  0553269224
Age Group: YA/Adult
Genre: Romance/Historical/War
Source: My Bookshelf
Lootability: ****

Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Her brothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept into a drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.

May book of the Month: Anne of Green Gables

L.M Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables has been one of my favourite books (and series) since I was a little girl. When I had the option of studying it and writing an essay on it for my children's literature class, I took it immediately.
This of course lead to me reading the entire series; it's impossible to let Anne go once you get to know her.
Anne of Green Gables is the sweet story of an orphan, adopted by accidents by the elderly Cuthbert siblings who wanted a young boy to help on the farm. Her sweet, dreaming but vivacious personality bewitched them and they chose to keep her. Anne get into occasional scrapes, makes silly mistakes and flies into awful tempers but no one can help loving her.
I encourage everyone (boys included!) to take the time to go on adventures with Anne Shirley.

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