Anne of Green Gables book #1

Mathew and Marilla Cuthburt have decided to adopt a boy to help Mathew tend the farm. Everyone in Avonlea thinks they are crazy, and don't know what they are doing. When Mathew goes to the train station in his best clothes he meets an unexpected child. A freckled, skinny, wide eyed girl with a mass of long, red hair is sitting on the bench waiting for someone. Mathew doesn't think twice about the girl, for he has trouble speaking with women except Marilla.

When he finds out from the train master that the girl is waiting for him, he doesn't know what to do except take her home and have Marilla deal with the child. On the way home he finds out that the girl has a lot to say and has a big imagination. Mathew is very interested in the girl and wants to keep her, and though Marilla has her doubts, she decides to keep her for Mathew's sake.

The girl's name is Anne and her imagination and temper gets her in lots of trouble. She makes many friends and enemies along the way. One of her deepest enemies is Gilbert Blythe. One wrong move on his part can set her off. It seems as though the rivalry between the two will never end. Anne's best friend Diana disagrees with Anne's idea of Gilbert for that she has her own secret thoughts about him.

Will Anne change her imaginative ways and become a smart young woman? Will her rivalry towardsGilbert end? Read Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery to find out!

I give this book 10 bananas!

( Lots of dialog and Anne uses big/hard words. It should be read by ages 11 and up unless is a strong reader.)