Anne of the Island - Lucy Maud Montgomery

This is the continuing story of Anne Shirley and the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series. In it Anne attends Redmond College where she is studying for her BA. She has many trials and tribulations along the way, including some romance. In Anne of the Island the reader is also introduced to many new characters, that in the true sense of Anne are also "kindred spirits".
(Summary from Wikipedia)

Previous books in this series:
1 Anne of Green Gables
2 Anne of Avonlea

Further books in this series:
5 Anne's House of Dreams
7 Rainbow Valley
8 Rilla of Ingleside