As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the comfortable white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever. . . But will the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows that she is not what they expected: a slim girl with deep red hair and a similar temperament. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she would try very hard not to keep rushing to scratch herself and blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. Anne is like no one, the Cuthberts agree; she is special, a girl with a huge imagination. This orphan girl dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables.