L. M Montgomery

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Eighteen-year-old Anne goes off to college in Kingsport and discovers life on her own terms, as well as surprises that include a marriage proposal, the sale of her first story, and a tragedy that teaches her a painful lesson.

This is about an orphan girl with big dreams from the beloved author of Anne of Green Gables and featured in Netflix's Russian Doll. Orphaned and sent to live with her stern aunts at New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island, Emily Byrd Starr lives a solitary life. She finds comfort in language and writing. She loves to read the dictionary and frequently records all of her problems and worries in her journal-much more fun than knitting stockings. Fortunately,...

"It’s been fifteen years since Anne Shirley married Gilbert Blythe, and they are still blissfully happy, delighting in their six children: Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley, and Rilla. After a holiday in Europe, Anne returns to find that a new minister has arrived in Glen St. Mary. John Meredith is a widower with four young children: Jerry, Faith, Una, and Carl. The children have not been properly brought up since the death of their mother, with only...

Loved by generations of readers around the world Anne Shirley has a tendency to stir up controversy wherever she goes. And her new position as principal of Summerside High School is no exception. The Pringles, the ruling family in town, want one of their own in the job, and they've made it their mission to drive Annie out. As Anne settles into her tower room at Windy Poplars with the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty, she finds she has more allies...

Sara Stanley is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the charming town of Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding tales. And when Bev King and his younger brother Felix arrive for the summer, they, too, are captivated by the Story Girl. Whether she's leading them on exciting misadventure or narrating timeless stories from the scary "Tale of the Family Ghost" to the...

"Chronicles of Avonlea" is a collection of short stories by L. M. Montgomery that serve as a companion book to the Anne of Green Gables series. The stories all relate to the fictional sea-sprayed Canadian village of Avonlea, and while Anne Shirley appears in a few, mostly concern other characters from the series, including Marilla Cuthbert, Mrs. Rachel Lynde, Diana Barry, and the Reverend Mr. Allan and his wife. Published in 1912, Montgomery's tales...

A favorite of everyone from Mark Twain to Duchess Kate There's never a dull moment in the life of wonderful, whimsical Anne. The adoring mother of five lively children-with a baby on the way!-Anne's life is full to bursting. And that's before the overbearing Aunt Mary Maria arrives for a lengthy visit... Still, there's nowhere Annie would rather be than her own beloved Ingleside in the adoring arms of her husband, Gilbert. Life with her imaginative,...

Two stories of Prince Edward Island in the early 20th century. In the first, Ann, an eleven-year-old orphan, makes an indelible impression when she is mistakenly sent to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister, and in the second, while visiting relatives two young boys become entranced by Sara Stanley and the stories she tells about the island and its long-ago inhabitants.

"Magic for Marigold" is about an imaginative young girl whose father died before she was born, and she has an imaginary friend. Marigold Lesley is anything but ordinary. With her vivid imagination and infectious laughter, she charms everyone around her-even if her fanciful ways leave her family hoping for a touch more practicality. But Marigold isn't ready to leave her magical world behind. Talking to her cat and keeping an invisible friend in...