Anne of Green Gables is a very engaging book.
It is full of love, loyalty, and a red-haired girl getting into different, sometimes hilarious, scrapes.
Don't get me wrong - I love Anne Shirley; the way she always fights with Gilbert Blythe (well, she used to!), the way she builds little dens with Diana, the way she finds a way to positively laugh at everything.
When she was only eleven, she came to Matthew and Marilla as a scrawny flame-head, who talked non-stop and begged Marilla to call her "Cordelia" on the first night when she arrived at their doorstep.
I think, this book may be suitable from ages 9-12, but of course many people shall have other points of view.
The thing is, Matthew and Marilla expected a quiet, hard-working boy when they adopted a child, but something has gone terribly wrong - and instead, Matthew, dressed in a great suit, arrived to pick none other than Anne with an "E".
Anne is very phenomenal and funny. I understand that this book was set in the early 20th century, but I just love it so - seeing Anne grow just makes me feel warm inside, even though I know that she is a mere character.
At the end of book one (there's a series!), something horrid and nefarious happens. I never cry because of books - never - and I am very sorry that I cannot shed a single tear - but what really happened in the next two chapters made my heart all shatter inside. It's a great read - I promise.
Just read the first four chapters, and then judge for yourself - I guarantee, most people will laugh over Anne's speeches, her scrapes, and how she always tells everyone - "Oh, I was born under such an unlucky star..." and, "Oh! Diana, dear, I believe that I really WAS born under an ill omen!"
It is full of love, loyalty, and a red-haired girl getting into different, sometimes hilarious, scrapes.
Don't get me wrong - I love Anne Shirley; the way she always fights with Gilbert Blythe (well, she used to!), the way she builds little dens with Diana, the way she finds a way to positively laugh at everything.
When she was only eleven, she came to Matthew and Marilla as a scrawny flame-head, who talked non-stop and begged Marilla to call her "Cordelia" on the first night when she arrived at their doorstep.
I think, this book may be suitable from ages 9-12, but of course many people shall have other points of view.
The thing is, Matthew and Marilla expected a quiet, hard-working boy when they adopted a child, but something has gone terribly wrong - and instead, Matthew, dressed in a great suit, arrived to pick none other than Anne with an "E".
Anne is very phenomenal and funny. I understand that this book was set in the early 20th century, but I just love it so - seeing Anne grow just makes me feel warm inside, even though I know that she is a mere character.
At the end of book one (there's a series!), something horrid and nefarious happens. I never cry because of books - never - and I am very sorry that I cannot shed a single tear - but what really happened in the next two chapters made my heart all shatter inside. It's a great read - I promise.
Just read the first four chapters, and then judge for yourself - I guarantee, most people will laugh over Anne's speeches, her scrapes, and how she always tells everyone - "Oh, I was born under such an unlucky star..." and, "Oh! Diana, dear, I believe that I really WAS born under an ill omen!"
