Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery

When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Mathew Cuthburt are taken by surprise: they'd asked for a quiet boy to help with the farm work at Green Gables. But how can you return a friendless little girl to a grim orphanage when she tells you her life so far has been a 'perfect graveyard of buried hopes'? When she longs so dearly to belong. And so the beguiling chatterbox stays. Full of dreams, warmth and spirit, it is not long before Anne Shirley win their hearts.
 
Suitable for ages 11+