In 1896, elderly unmarried siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help out around their ancestral farm of Green Gables, on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. When Matthew goes to pick the child up at the railway station, he finds 13-year-old Anne Shirley, an imaginative, bright, high-spirited, and talkative girl, instead. Anne was orphaned when her parents died when she was a few months old, and had lived as a servant in various households before being placed in an orphanage. While Matthew decides he would like her to stay, Marilla does not trust Anne, given her status as an unknown orphan and the perceived uselessness of a young girl on the farm. Her distrust appears confirmed when Marilla cannot locate a brooch, thus leading her to believe that Anne is a thief. The Cuthberts send her away, thus "returning" her to the orphanage. While she does arrive back at the orphanage, she is terrified to enter, haunted by the bullying she had endured there, and returns to the train station. Meanwhile, Marilla discovers that the brooch had been misplaced rather than stolen and she realizes that Anne is not a thief. Matthew consequently finds Anne and convinces her to return to Green Gables, where she is officially made part of their family. However, Anne continues to face bullying from students in the Avonlea school and class-based discrimination from Diana's parents and others in the community. Anne again returns and attempts to gain acceptance from the rest of Avonlea using her survival mechanisms of intelligence, problem-solving abilities, and imagination.
*This isn't a book, it's a TV series. It's based on L M Montgomery's 'Anne of green gables.' It's such a good series, I felt I had to advertise it anyway.* Estimated age range: 12+ Suggested by: @littlepickle92 Authors: (s1) Moira Walley-Beckett (s2) Moira Walley-Beckett, Shernold Edwards, Kathryn Borel Jr., Jane Maggs (s3) Moira Walley-Beckett, Jane Maggs, Shernold Edwards, Tracey Deer, Naledi Jackson, Amanda Fahey, Kathryn Borel Jr.
