Jerusha Abbott is one of my new favorite characters. She was a lovely blend of Anne Shirley and Cassandra Mortmain: imaginative, blunt and real. Her letters to "Daddy" were so charming, witty and charasmatic...I could probably gush about her for ages. The way the story would end was not hard to guess, but what a fun journey to get there! I will definitely be keeping this one as a treasure and re-reading it in the future.