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Source: The Avonlea Traditions Chronicle, No. 28, Summer 1999.

"From the beginning, the children in the series were all fantastic. Kevin Sullivan must have had a real eye for those kids because all of them, without exception, were intelligent, unspoiled and remarkable young people. And they've all kept their eyes on their futures, too.

Sarah Polley is a fascinating girl. She was brilliant as a child and has become more and more interesting with the years. You just know that she's going to be something very special and I would be surprised if it's as an actor. She may indeed be a writer and her political sense is very acute. I have had really interesting conversations with her and she is just as interested in talking with me, a woman of nearly sixty, as she is in talking to her peers.

Zach Bennett is a natural on camera and another very talented young actor. I worked on a stage play with him, before we were both on the series together, in which I played his grandmother. He's such a nice kid, as is Gema Zamprogna. They aren't full of themselves and aren't just interested in the things you think teenagers would like."

Patricia Hamilton (Mrs. Lynde) speaking about the child actors from Road to Avonlea.

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