Anne of Green Gables Contributor(s): Montgomery, L. M. (Author), Zipes, Jack (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0812979036 ISBN-13: 9780812979039 Publisher: Modern Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2008 Annotation: "Matthew had taken the scrawny little hand awkwardly in his; then and there he decided what to do. He could not tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake. . . ." When eleven-year-old Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables with nothing but a carpetbag and an overactive imagination, she knows that she has found her home. But first she must convince the Cuthberts to let her stay, even though she isn't the boy they'd hoped for. The loquacious Anne quickly finds her way into their hearts, as she has with generations of readers, and her charming, ingenious adventures in Avonlea, filled with colorful characters and tender escapades, linger forever in our memories. This Modern Library edition of the first of L. M. Montgomery's beloved and immensely popular Avonlea novels features the restored original text and an Introduction by the noted children's literature scholar Jack Zipes. Click for more in this series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008275299 |
Age Level: 10-18 |
Grade Level: 5-13 |
Lexile Measure: 990(Not Available) |
Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.44" W x 7.98" L (0.52 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Newsweek 07/28/2008 pg. 49 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 203 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Introduction by Jack Zipes - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read "Matthew had taken the scrawny little hand awkwardly in his; then and there he decided what to do. He could not tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake. . . ." When eleven-year-old Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables with nothing but a carpetbag and an overactive imagination, she knows that she has found her home. But first she must convince the Cuthberts to let her stay, even though she isn't the boy they'd hoped for. The loquacious Anne quickly finds her way into their hearts, as she has with generations of readers, and her charming, ingenious adventures in Avonlea, filled with colorful characters and tender escapades, linger forever in our memories. This Modern Library edition of the first of L. M. Montgomery's beloved and immensely popular Avonlea novels features the restored original text. |
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