Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are expecting a young orphan boy to help them with farmwork at Green Gables. But when a skinny red-haired girl turns up instead immediately certain she's home they get much more than they bargained for. Spirited adventurous and imaginative Anne Shirley quickly charms her way into the hearts of the Cuthberts the entire town of Avonlea and over 100 years later the hearts of generations of readers.