

Marilla convinces Anne to accept an opportunity to teach at a private school for girls in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, but Anne finds the experience challenging, with disruptive students who seem determined to give her a hard time. Anne, teaching at Avonlea School, is courted by Gilbert Blythe, her one-time rival, but though the pair have become close she rejects his proposal of marriage because she does not believe he is her ideal man. The film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 18 has chosen to put aside her dreams of becoming an author to remain at Green Gables to help care for an aging Marilla. The film was also shown theatrically in Israel, Japan and Europe as "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel". However, on video and all other television airings, it was titled "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel". The film was initially broadcast by Disney as "Anne of Avonlea". The film incorporates elements from not only "Anne of Avonlea", but also " Anne of the Island" and " Anne of Windy Poplars", and introduces several characters and issues not present in the books. It is a sequel to the 1985 " Anne of Green Gables" film. "Anne of Avonlea" is a 1987 television film.


Writer = Lucy Maud Montgomery (original novels)
