"Anne of Green Gables" by L. M. Montgomery is a story set in the 19th century about a girl named Anne Shirley. An orphan, she is mistakenly sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who wanted to adopt a boy to help on their farm. The book shows Anne's journey as she tries to find where she belongs and who she is, all while learning what love really means in her new home called Green Gables. The adventure begins with Mrs. Rachel Lynde seeing Matthew Cuthbert leave, and the town begins to speculate. The rumors fly around Avonlea, but things are not as they seem when Anne arrives instead of the boy they expected, bringing her big imagination and knack for drama to her new life.

Anne of Green Gables
By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
An imaginative orphan arrives at a new home by mistake, bringing a whirlwind of adventure and a chance at belonging to a family who wasn't expecting her.
Summary
About the AuthorLucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Islandand those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site—namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. She published 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success; the title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Islandand those locations within Canada's smallest province became a literary landmark and popular tourist site—namely Green Gables farm, the genesis of Prince Edward Island National Park.