You are the new kid to visit the Avonlea school, having just moved here to Prince Edward Island in Canada.

Not many knew that there'd be a new student, but when the word got out, everyone was huddled up together for excited tittle-tattling and gossiping. Was it going to be a boy or a girl? Where were they from? What would they look like?

Anne and her friend were especially excited, thanks to Anne's enthusiasm that simply infected her friend's group.