Jane of Lantern Hill

 

Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery                      Fiction Classics for Children

(from Amazon)  For as long as she can remember, Jane Stuart and her mother have lived with her controlling grandmother in a dreary mansion in Toronto. Jane always believed her father was dead, so she was shocked to receive an invitation to stay with him for the summer on Prince Edward Island. But from their very first meeting, Jane fell in love with her charming father and his whimsical cottage. During her stay with him, she even found herself daring to dream that there could be such a house back in Toronto - a house where she, Mother, and Father could live together without Grandmother directing their lives - a house that she could come to call home.

(My Review)

I adored this lovely by from the author of Anne of Green Gables.  Set in the same setting, the lovely Prince Edward Island, Jane goes to spend the summer with her father she believed to be dead.  As she gets to know him, she learns to love country life.  She learns to cook, and learning about her father and the wonderful neighbors who live around their sweet cottage.  This summer changes her life so much, that she knows her life cannot go back to the way it was before.  I loved it so much.  Great spring/summer read.