Anne's children were almost grown up, except forpretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resisther bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla,almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead thangoing to her very first dance at the Four Windslighthouse and getting her first kiss fromhandsome

Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challengesawait the irrepressible Rilla when the world ofIngleside becomes endangered by a far-off war. Herbrothers go off to fight, and Rilla brings home anorphaned newborn in a soup tureen. She is swept intoa drama that tests her courage and leaves her changed forever.