Jane of Lantern Hill [Paperback]

<p><strong>The Happiest Summer of Her Life</strong></p><p>Her whole life, Jane had believed her father was dead. It was, therefore, quite a shock to receive an invitation to stay with him for the summer on Prince Edward Island. From their very first meeting, Jane falls in love with her charming father and his whimsical cottage on Lantern Hill. A whole summer of fun and adventure, meeting neighbors, and making friends—far away from her grandmother's dreary house in the city. If only she could get her mother to come too.</p><p>As Jane juggles her love and loyalty for both parents, she dares to dream...a dream that she and her parents could live together without Grandmother directing their lives—of a house where they could all find home. </p><p><strong>What Readers are Saying:</strong></p><p>"Out of the fantastic books Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote, <em>Jane of Lantern Hill</em>is my absolute favorite."</p><p>"<em>Jane of Lantern Hill </em>is what one comes to expect from a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery—charming, gentle, and most decidedly hopeful."</p><p>"This book is among L.M. Montgomery's best."</p><p>"Spellbinding...I don't recommend picking it up unless you have time to read the entire book."</p><p><b>CHAPTER 1</b></p><p>Gay Street, so Jane always thought, did not live up to its name. It was, she felt certain, the most melancholy street in Toronto...though, to be sure, she had not seen a great many of the Toronto streets in her circumscribed comings and goings of eleven years.</p><p>Gay Street should be a gay street, thought Jane, with gay, friendly houses, set amid flowers, that cried out, "How do you do?" to you as you passed them, with trees that waved hands at you and windows that winked at you in the twilights. Instead of that, Gay Street was dark and dingy, lined with fl#,