Anne of the Island is the third heartwarming book about red-haired orphan Anne Shirley.
As her childhood friends get married and move away, Anne too leaves Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport. Although Priscilla Grant and Gilbert Blythe are there, too, she feels lonely and out of place. But Anne soon makes new friends, one of whom is rich, handsome Roy Gardner, whose attentions to Anne make Gilbert very jealous...
The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more..
The Puffin Classics relaunch includes:
A Little Princess
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures Through the Looking Glass
Anne of Green Gables series
Black Beauty
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Heidi
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Little Women
Peter Pan
Tales of the Greek Heroes
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of King Arthur
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Call of the Wild
The Jungle Book
The Odyssey
The Secret Garden
The Wind in the Willows
The Wizard of Oz
Treasure Island
This book features in the following series: Anne Of Green Gables, Puffin Classics .
There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in 1874, and is best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables , published in 1908. Budge Wilson is one of Canada's most highly-acclaimed authors for young readers. She has published twenty-nine books in more than ten countries and her stories have been included in over ninety anthologies. She has won numerous literary awards, including the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Award. Budge Wilson lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.
This book contains the following story:
Anne of the Island
At eighteen years old Anne is leaving Green Gables for university - her life's dream. But her feelings are bittersweet: although excited to see the world, she is heartbroken to leave her home and everyone she loves. Anne spends her first days at college lonely and anxious that she doesn't fit in, but before long she has made new friends - including dark, handsome Roy Gardner, who seems to have stepped from her dreams. When her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe finally confesses that his feelings have turned to love, it takes tragedy for Anne to realise what her heart desires.
This book features the following character:
Anne Shirley
This book features the character Anne Shirley.
