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by L. M. Montgomery (Author)
Read the timeless classic about Anne Shirley's boisterous children, now on their own adventure, behind the hit Netflix series Anne with an E--now celebrating a hundred years of this children's favorite.
Anne Shirley is all grown up and happily married to Gilbert, with six lively children. Just like their mother, they love playing among the sun-dappled trees around their home.When the Meredith family moves nearby, they seem like the perfect new friends. But the village only sees the Meredith children as wild and reckless because they only have a minister father and no mother. However, Anne's children see their loyalty and kindness, and soon invite them to play in their beloved hideaway, a hidden hollow they call Rainbow Valley. From there the adventures begin, from plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to helping the lonely minister find happiness, to keeping a pet rooster from the soup pot. There's always something exciting brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley! This special Collector's Edition includes the original, unabridged text, a specially commissioned biography of L.M. Montgomery, and a map of Prince Edward Island.
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Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous children.
These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream of what will happen when the strangest family moves into an old nearby mansion. The Meredith clan is two boys and two girls, with minister father but no mother -- and a runaway girl named Mary Vance. Soon the Meredith kids join Anne's children in their private hideout to carry out their plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster from the soup pot. There's always an adventure brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley.
Author Biography
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author best known for her Anne of Green Gables series, originally published in 1908. This series was met with immediate critical and popular acclaim, translated in over 36 languages and selling more than 50 million copies. L. M. Montgomery's early years spent on lush, green Prince Edward Island live on in the delightful adventures of the loveable, red-headed orphan, Anne Shirley, the stories Mark Twain called "the sweetest creation of child life yet written."
