Okay...well not really

This book was really geared for Girls rather than Boys, I sort of liked the book because it was exciting and L.M.Montgomery really paints a picture with her words, but the book it's self isn't very good.

It's about a girl who is sent from an orphanage but the family that was to adopt a boy to help on the farm. Will she stay or will she go?

A classic for all children (and their parents)

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a brother and sister living in Avonlea on Prince Edward Island, are getting old and have decided to get some additional help to maintain their farmland. They send word that they'll accept a boy from the orphanage into their home. But when Matthew goes to the train station to pick him up, all he finds is a lonely little 11 year old girl waiting for him. There's obviously been some mistake, but he can't very well leave her there, so he brings her back to their home, known locally as Green Gables. On the way he quickly takes a liking to this homely but very talkative little red-haired girl who seems so full of dreams, and he convinces Marilla to keep her. But Anne is so different from proper and sensible Marilla, and her occasional mistakes make them both wonder if she should stay at Green Gables.

My 6 year old daughter and I read this book together and we both agree that it was a lot of fun to read. Although the flowery language and Anne's usually lengthy monologues were often difficult to follow, we both felt that Anne was so charming that we don't blame Matthew and Marilla for falling in love with her. This is a book we can very much recommend, to both young and old readers.

Attention Mothers: Buy this Book for your Daughters!

Anne is an enduring and beloved heroine for so many reasons. I also think she's a great role model for girls. For a variety of reasons. First of all, even though she lived and was created in Victorian times, Anne was a rarity: a girl who was not afraid to openly demonstrate her intelligence, to let everyone know she had a backbone, to compete with boys for academic awards, and to have ambitions and to want her independence.

But Anne embodies other qualities that are so important to encourage in children: her love of books and all things literary, her vivid imagination, her sense of humor, her vast ability to love others, and her willingness to openly express affection to those who matter to her.

Girls who read this book will also be touched by Anne's vulnerability and the social prejudice she experienced as an orphan. Her generosity of heart and kindness, as well as her love and gratitude toward Marilla and Matthew and her utter sincerity will never become old-fashioned. Her devotion to Diana will remind all girls of the precious friendships that are so important and dramatic during our childhood.

Gilbert Blythe's interest in Anne-based on her intelligence and sense of humor rather than her adorable appearance or the beautiful red hair she's always so sensitive about-will teach girls that there are men who will love them for being themselves-even if it means being fiercely independent, willful and high-achieving like Anne. You will fall in love with Anne like everyone else in the story did, and with Prince Edward Island (the most beautiful place in the world).

As long as there are little girls with a lot of imagination, spunk, and enthusiasm for life there will be people who love Anne.