Now that Anne Shirley has left Redmond College and began a new job, she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. The Pringles quickly let Anne know that she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. However, as she settles into her new home at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty, and the housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summersides strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.