Anne of Green Gables

Welcome to Avonlea, where the air is fresh, the neighbours are nosy, and the raspberry cordial is never what you think it is. Into this quiet Canadian village comes Anne Shirley, a redheaded eleven-year-old with enough imagination to power a small country and enough drama to make Shakespeare look underwritten.

She was supposed to be a boy. That’s not a spoiler; it’s the plot. A pair of elderly siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, order a nice, quiet orphan boy to help around the farm. What they get instead is Anne (with an “e”, thank you very much) who arrives with a suitcase full of books, opinions, and a deep vendetta against her hair.

Soon, Anne is renaming every tree, pond, and tragic event in sight, dramatically clutching her heart at the slightest inconvenience, and accidentally turning school rivalries into long-term soul contracts. Despite all that—or perhaps because of it—she gradually charms her way into everyone's hearts (except, occasionally, Marilla’s, and definitely not the local teacher's).

So grab your puffed sleeves and a good appetite for wild tangents. This is not just a story about growing up, it's a tale about growing extra, with gusto, grammar, and glorious amounts of drama.

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