Often compared to L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and published four years afterwards, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm introduces us to a charming ten-year-old heroine who changes the lives of all those she touches. Set in Riverboro, Maine, this quintessentially American story is a remarkable depiction of rural life in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. We first meet Rebecca when she is on her way to live with her spinster aunts, Miranda and Jane. She has just left behind her the beloved home she grew up in, Sunnybrook Farm, along with her widowed mother and six siblings. Due to the financial straits her family have found themselves in, it has been deemed best that her aunts take her in and look after her under their own roof. A naturally cheerful and imaginative little girl, Rebecca soon forms a close bond with her Aunt Jane who teaches her to sew, cook and look after the house. In turn, Rebecca unwittingly reopens Aunt Jane's eyes to the beauty and joy of life again. Her natural wit and charm soon endear Rebecca to the people of the village too, who are struck by her positivity in all things. However there remains a shadow over Rebecca's happiness: the fact that she has never quite won over her Aunt Miranda's affections. Aunt Miranda is baffled by her niece's vivid imagination, and childish wonder at all she sees. But slowly Rebecca is growing up into a mature and thoughtful young lady. And when her mother falls ill and Rebecca is forced to look after her old farmstead home as well as her ailing mother, it may just be that Miranda has grown fond of her niece after all, and is willing to help in the most heartrending way.
This book features in the following series: Charmers Chapter Books, Dell Yearling Classic, Puffin, Puffin Classics, Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm, Wordsworth Childrens Classics .
This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Hesperus Press Ltd .
This book contains the following story:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Rowena Randall moves from the family farm to Riverboro, to live with her two aunts, Miranda and Jane Sawyer. Miranda determines to do her duty and train Rebecca to be a proper young lady, so she will not shame the Sawyer name. Jane takes on the role of Rebecca's protector and teaches her to sew, cook and manage a household. Rebecca proves to be a good student and she becomes a young lady with the same high spirit and a talent for writing.
