Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
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Author: L.M. MontgomeryIllustrator: Ellen Beier
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2001-02-13
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of Anne of Green Gables
Book Review: Three Cheers for Anne Shirley!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you haven't read Anne of Green Gables before, you're in for a treat!
I first read this book when I borrowed it from the library. I enjoyed it beyond belief, and I knew that I just had to purchase the whole series from Amazon. I got them on May 21st, 2007, and I was glued to them till I finished the entire series. I have been an avid Anne fan ever since!
In this book, the first in the series, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Green Gables in Avonlea send for a boy around 11 or 12 years old to help around the farm since Matthew is getting up in years. But, when Matthew arrives at Bright River station, he finds that a queer mistake occurred -- instead of a boy, there is a girl. This is the timeless heroine -- beloved and endearing Anne Shirley (spelled with an E). She is an orphan with red hair and freckles, and "hasn't a pick on her bones". But, she has a huge imagination, a heart of love, and she dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.
Marilla, however, is opposed to keeping her, but eventually gives in to Matthew's pleading. Anne makes a lifelong friend, Diana Barry, a girl with black hair and rosy cheeks, and she and Anne both become "kindred spirits" and bosom friends. They swear this oath in the Barry garden: "I solemnly swear to be faithful to my bosom friend, Diana Barry, as long as the sun and moon shall endure." (page 87)
Anne then goes to Avonlea school where her temper gets the better of her. Handsome Gilbert Blythe, while trying to make Anne look at him, grabs her braid and whispers "Carrots!" Anne grabs her slate and cracks it over Gilbert's head. Anne never wants to associate with him again.
Well, Anne is always getting into scrapes -- dyeing her hair a disastrous green, nearly drowning while playing the Lilly Maid, forgetting to put flour in a cake, imagining so much she forgets to tell Marilla a mouse fell into the pudding sauce, falling off the Barry's kitchen roof while walking the ridgepole, and then setting Diana drunk on currant wine which Anne believed to be Raspberry Cordial!!
Nearing the end of the book, Anne, at 16, goes to Queen's Academy to become a teacher. She wins the Avery Scholarship, however, and then she decides to go on to Redmond College. Anne's plans however are disrupted when Matthew dies suddenly, and Anne is forced with the decision of either staying with Marilla to save Marilla's eyesight, or going to college.
In the back of this book is a map of Prince Edward Island and a biography by Caroline Parry. My book has held up very well despite all the readings it has gone through. It is taped and glued, and the pages are yellowed and worn, but I wouldn't trade my copy with a brand new one! It definitely looks very well loved!
Lucy Maud Montgomery is my favorite author! She has the ability to make books come alive like no one else. The characters are superb, and the scenery couldn't be better depicted! The story is truly unforgettable. Really, the Anne of Green Gables series are my favorites, and I beg you to purchase them all -- not only Anne of Green Gables, but the whole series. I assure you that if you do, you will not once regret it. I hope that my review has been helpful to you, and that it has given you an idea about what this book is truly about.
-P. Charles
Summary of Anne of Green Gables
Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty and full of spirit, Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble, but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without 'their' Anne - and for the people of Avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town.When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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