Elderly siblings Matthew and Marilla send for an orphan boy to help on their farm; the train delivers Anne Shirley instead, red haired, dramatic, and incapable of silence. Sending her back proves impossible, first practically, then emotionally.
Anne breaks slates over boys’ heads, dyes her hair green by accident, and imagines her small island world into wonder. Readers have adored her for over a century, and the recent screen adaptations keep winning her new ones.
Pure joy for readers from ten to a hundred.
