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judyward's review
3.0
Yep, it's a children's book--nope, I didn't read it as a child. Even though I read constantly while growing up, the Anne of Green Gables series completely escaped me--probably because I was deep into the Black Stallion series and Nancy Drew. Anyway, we all know the story. Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to the farm of Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who live on the farm called Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt Anne and she turns out to be quite the handful as she grows up. But the ugly red-haired, freckle-face duckling turns out to be a swan. The remarkable thing about this book is the level of the vocabulary. Obviously, Lucy Maud Montgomery didn't believe in writing down to children. I applaud that.
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