Details: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic tale of an engaging eleven year old girl with red hair and freckles, who brings love and excitement to her adoptive family. When the Cuthbert family asks for an orphaned boy to help on their farm, they are surprised to receive Anne Shirley instead. At first, the family is reluctant to accept her, and the fact she has a knack for getting into mischief and adventure doesn’t help, but life with Anne is never dull, and the Cuthberts, along with the other residents of Prince Edward Island come to love her.