After mistakenly helping a con man run off with the proceeds from a magic lantern show intended for the school library, Sara takes it upon herself to raise the money again.
Thirteen-year-old Gary MacDonald tries to cope with his coach's threats that he will cut him from the hockey team, his divorced parents dating other people, and the chance that the farm team that plays in his town will move to another city, while his favorite player's brother gets involved with the Russian mafia.
When Emily's father dies, leaving her an orphan, she is sent to live with a stern aunt in Prince Edward Island, where her resourcefulness and love of writing help her adjust to a new way of life.
Sixteen-year-old Anne, mischievous and spirited as ever, returns to Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, to teach in the village school she attended while growing up.
Lost at sea while sailing with his wealthy owners, a Yorkshire terrier washes up, nearly dead, in a village on Prince Edward Island where he is nursed back to health by a lonely widow and is befriended by a fox and an abandoned girl who is also struggling to find a home for herself somewhere.