Annes children were almost grown up, except forfifteen-year-old Rilla. Rilla can't wait for her first dance at the Four Windslighthouse, where she hopes to get her first kiss fromhandsome Kenneth Ford.
But a far-off war threatens to turn Rilla's beautiful Ingleside world upside down. 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.
