To show his friendship, Gilbert Blythe gives up his teaching position in the Avonlea School to work at White Sands School instead, thus enabling Anne to teach at the Avonlea School and stay at Green Gables all through the week.

Anne shows her devotion to Marilla and Green Gables by giving up the Avery Prize, deciding to stay at home and help Marilla, whose eyesight is diminishing, and teaching at the Carmody school, the nearest school available. The book ends with Matthew's death, caused by a heart attack after learning of the loss of all his and Marilla's money. Anne, along with Gilbert, Ruby, Josie, Jane and several other students, eventually go to the Queen's Academy and obtains a teaching license in one year, in addition to winning the Avery Prize in English, which allows her to pursue a B.A. These adventures include her games with her friends (Diana, Jane and Ruby), her rivalries with the Pye sisters (Gertie and Josie) and her domestic mistakes such as dyeing her hair green or accidentally getting Diana drunk (by giving her what she thinks is raspberry cordial but is actually red wine).

The story also follows her misadventures in Avonlea. Eventually, Anne forgives him, though won't admit it. The rest of the book follows Anne's schooling, her budding friendship with Diana Barry, and her rivalry with Gilbert Blythe, who teased her about her red hair. She is something of a chatterbox, and drives Marilla to distraction, although shy Matthew falls for her immediately. A child of vivid imagination, Anne takes much joy in life, and adapts quickly, thriving in the environment of Prince Edward Island.

The Wizard of Oz by Deidre S. Laiken