When Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help with their farm, they accidentally adopted Anne Shirley a talkative eleven-year-old redhead orphan. Anne is a strange girl who loses herself in books to escape her life's hardships and whose loving personality gets her in trouble wherever she goes. Grades 4-6 You may also enjoy The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
