A review by the_story_girl
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was such a sweet book! It’s very similar to Anne of Green Gables, and I was surprised to learn that this one was actually written first. The strong point of this book is definitely the characters, they were all wonderful and all so different in their own ways.💕

“It does make a difference what you call things. When
I say Randall's Farm, do you see how it looks?"

"No, I can't say I do," responded Mr. Cobb uneasily.

"Now when I say Sunnybrook Farm, what does
it make you think of?"

Mr. Cobb felt like a fish removed from his native
element and left panting on the sand; there was
no evading the awful responsibility of a reply, for
Rebecca's eyes were searchlights, that pierced the
fiction of his brain and perceived the bald spot on
the back of his head.”

“Give me some more examples of the subjunctive,
Rebecca, and that will do for this afternoon," she
said.

"If I had not loved mackerel I should not have
been thirsty;" said Rebecca with an April smile,
as she closed her grammar. "If thou hadst loved
me truly thou wouldst not have stood me up in the
corner. If Samuel had not loved wickedness he
would not have followed me to the water pail."

"And if Rebecca had loved the rules of the
school she would have controlled her thirst," finished
Miss Dearborn with a kiss, and the two parted
friends.”

Isn’t Rebecca so very like Anne?💕

4 stars✨
Book 8/52
~The Story Girl