Anne of Green Gables is a classic Canadian children’s novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. As the first of the series, this particular book starts with Anne as a sweet, eager child and moves her rather quickly through the remainder of her childhood into
adolescence. (The book ends with Anne coming back from college in her late teens, to be picked up almost immediately by the sequel, Anne of Avonlea).
The book is still a joy to read - light and fulfilling at the same time, and great for girls who like to read. It’s almost strange to read a book nowadays where there is no ‘bad guy’, merely mistakes made through misunderstanding or regular parts of human nature. There are, of course, still greedy or selfish people, but Anne herself ...
