L. M Montgomery

Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are an elderly brother and sister who live on a farm called Green Gables in Canada. Matthew is getting too old to do all the work on the farm, so Marilla decides to adopt a young orphan boy to help out. But when Matthew Cuthbert goes to the train station to pick up the boy, he's in for a surprise! Instead of a little boy, Matthew meets Anne, a red-haired eleven-year-old orphan girl who's gleeful to be going home with him....