Anne of West Philly

Books | Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Classic Adaptation

Ivy Noelle Weir

Anne of Green Gables with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and The Secret Garden on 81st Street, this full-color graphic novel moves Anne Shirley to modern-day West Philadelphia, where where she finds new friends, new rivals, and a new family.When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to foster a teenage girl for the first time, their lives are changed forever. Their redheaded foster daughter, Anne Shirley, is in search of an exciting life and has decided that West Philly is where she's going to find it. Armed with a big personality and unstoppable creativity, Anne takes her new home by storm as she joins the robotics club, makes new friends in Diana and Gilbert, experiences first love, and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. But as Anne starts to get comfortable, she discovers one thing she wasn't looking for: a family.This title will be simultaneously available in hardcover.

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Author

Ivy Noelle Weir

Pages

256

Publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published Date

2022-03-01

ISBN

0316459747 9780316459747

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"It was obviously not as good as the original book, but that's to be expected. It did a great job of giving the original Anne a modern twist, though I wish it had included more events from the original story."

Joanna Highfill

"I love retellings. And I really LOVE Anne of Green Gables. So I was equal parts excited and super-duper nervous to read this one.<br/><br/>That being said, the modernization was really well done. I think this could bring some new fans to the original, while making some people pretty irritated at the very light and innocent LGBT+ content that has been added (which I rather enjoyed). I look forward to reintroducing Anne to kids."