This is a graphic novel adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables. In this version, Anne is a twelve year old foster child who has been passed from foster home to foster home, and is now being adopted by siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. The novel follows Anne as she meets new friends, gets to know her new adoptive guardians more, and discovers important truths about herself.
I loved this adaptation! I think that it did a great job in incorporating details from the original novel into both a graphic adaptation, and a modern one. For example, I thought it was really clever how Anne's iconic slate cracking was translated into a whiteboard cracking. I really loved the LGBQ+ representation and diversity that was present in this adaptation.

This graphic novel was a fun, fresh take on the classic "Anne of Green Gables" story. I really enjoyed how the setting was set in modern times and that Anne and Diana developed feelings for each other. I feel like these aspects of the story made it more relatable to kids nowadays.

I’m a massive fan of Anne of Green Gables. This graphic novel is so freaking cute and everyone needs this in their lives!!

This book was so sweet! I loved Anne and her found family. Her parents were so sweet and understanding and I spent the whole book wanting them to be my parent's.
Watching Anne grow and learn as this book went on was so great. I loved her so much and wanted to go and hug her and let her know she was doing so good. I wanted nothing more for her to be happy.
Overall this book just made me feel so warm and happy. Everyone was so sweet and the art was adorable as well!

Super meh, sorry. I don't really know what else to say to make this review longer but it was just generic and forgettable. Enjoyable enough while reading but not exactly something that sticks in your mind afterwards.

Anne follows feisty red-haired Anne, who finally finds the perfect foster family and confronts her perhaps more-than-platonic feelings for her new best friend Diana. A reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, which I am largely unfamiliar with. It started off a little rocky for me but by the end I was a big fan. Very cute!

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book is a modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables, and since the authors, Little Women book was such a hit, I feel this one will be too.

I absolutely adored this book. It was such a fun, modern version of one of my very favorite books and it brought me so much joy to read. The art was adorable, it was relatable to tweens, and it was very well done.

My single complaint was that the ending was super abrupt. I thought my computer was lagging, but it was actually just the end of the book.

Overall, I love everything about it and I hope there are more to come.

Anne Shirley has grown up in the foster care system and has lived in more places than she wants to remember. However, things seem to be looking up when she’s placed with Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla. Despite the Cuthberts hoping for a little kid, they’re happy with the sweet, creative, thoughtful, and friendly pre-teen that has been placed with them. Now that Anne has made friends and started school, she hopes her placement with the Cuthberts will last a long time.

I grew up with "Anne of Green Gables" because my mom was a huge fan, so I was excited when I saw this modern retelling of the story. We follow Anne in a modern setting as she’s placed in the care of the Cuthberts due to a glitch in the system saying they don’t have a preference about who gets placed with them. Combine that with Anne’s lifelong experiences in the foster care system, she’s terrified that she’ll be moved any time she’s less than perfect. Thankfully, the Cuthberts don’t mind and instead work with her to make things right as well as learn important lessons.

I loved watching Anne grow and flourish in this new setting. There are characters and incidents kept from the original, but overall, this retelling does wonders while staying true to the original content. The artwork is fun and colorful and the characters are fun to follow. I found myself getting more and more absorbed into the story the longer I read it. I’m a huge fan of fairytale retellings, and while Anne’s story was never a fairytale, it was so much fun to see it retold in a new setting with the author’s take on it. We watch Anne make friends, settle into a reliable and solid life, and see her realize that she’s developed a crush on her best friend. I especially loved the Cuthberts because they’re such kind and caring people who are perfect guardians teaching lessons and open to learning themselves.

All in all, this was a wonderful read that also teaches important lessons to its target audience. It’s also a great way to introduce younger generations to "Anne of Green Gables" before diving into the original story as well as all the live action adaptations that have been made over the years.

Adorbs!

This middle grades graphic novel is a fast read, but hits most of the highlights of Anne of Green Gables — but set in the modern day.

The cordial scene was (appropriately) skipped. I was wondering how they would handle that in a modern MG novel and I would agree that there is no good way to include that in 2022.

And, of course, this was a sapphic retelling. Gilbert Blythe is on the very short list of reasons why I identify as bisexual rather than a lesbian, but my love for the romantic tension between “kindred spirits” Anne and Diana trumps that 100%.

I also LOVED the theme throughout the book of communicating your needs. Anne is coming to Marilla and Matthew through foster care, and she has a lot of big emotions. Clear and effective communication and self advocacy are skills Anne is taught by multiple characters in the book without it feeling preachy.

Loved it, recommend it, will be buying for our library.

(Thank you to Harper Collins Children’s Books for this advanced copy in exchange for a fair and honest review!)

This was an interesting version of Anne of Green Gables. Anne is in foster care, when the Cuthberts’ decide to foster her. They think they are getting a younger child, but decide to foster Anne. Anne faces problems with her temper and just being a teenager. She meets and becomes friends with Diana. Will the friendship blossom into something more?

I don’t remember much of the original, but this was a good twist of a modern version. I am sure this will be a popular graphic novel. Nice to see LGBQ representation in a positive, well done way.

This graphic novel is a modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables. Anne is a young girl who has been in and out of the foster system. After she is matched with the Cuthbert siblings, Anne finds a family where she feels at home. Matthew Cuthbert is kind-hearted towards Anne. He and his sister Marilla both care for Anne.

<spoiler> The main difference of this story versus the original is that Anne and Diana slowly fall in love. It was nice seeing their friendship grow to become something more. Instead of being a love interest as the original, Gilbert is shown to antagonize Anne more. He later apologizes for his bullying and they become friends. </spoiler>

Overall, this was an enjoyable adaptation of one of my favorite childhood books. I would say the magic of the original is hard to capture, but Gros does a good job and has created a story with a lot of heart. 4/5

This was a very quick and fun read. As an Anne of Green Gables fan, it was really nice to revisit the beloved characters in a new setting. Because it is modernized, I think it makes Anne's story more accessible to middle-grade readers of today and may help spark an interest in the original work. The artwork was very cute, but I did get confused between Marilla and Matthew a few times because they have similar styles. It would be nice to see this expanded on in a second volume to include more scenarios from the original work and include more modern scenarios.

On the surface level I thought that a queer retelling of Anne of Green Gables with a modern twist would be right up my alley. Unfortunately, as a huge fan of the original, too many liberties were taken and much of the depth of the original was sacrificed in this graphic novel adaptation.

Anne of Green Gables is my favorite story of all time. I was really intrigued by the synopsis of this book. Unfortunately my initial intrigue faded quickly as the novel progressed. In a story inspired by AGG, I’d expect the characters’ intentions and personalities to reign true. Characters’ personalities seemed to have been changed simply as plot devices.I felt that a lot of the actions were out of character and that even if someone who was unfamiliar with the source material the story wouldn’t make a lot of sense. I’m happy to see more queer children’s stories but this one just didn’t work for me. The art style also felt elementary and didn’t add any enjoyment to the reading experience.

This was very cute! At first I worried they were sticking too close to the book in a way that felt weird in a modern setting (Rachel Lynde dressing down Anne right in front of her when they meet felt a little strange in a contemporary plot) but it really found its feet once Anne starts going to school. I love Anne of Green Gables but it does feel a little arduous to read as an adult because it’s just one unjust calamity after the next for her, and she often suffers consequences that feel too harsh to a modern reader. This is a good update in that it stays true to that spirit of getting into childhood scrapes but there’s the comfort of a much more emotionally supportive home/school context.

Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) appeals to all young readers of graphic novels and realistic fiction. Put this graphic novel into the hands of fans of Stepping Stones, Emmie & Friends books, Erin Entrada Kelly, New Kid, and the like.

Life in foster care, bouncing from placement to placement, isn't easy for Anne. She's excited to find a family WANTS her - only to learn they weren't expecting a teen. When Anne moves into the Cuthbert's apartment in the Avon-Lea complex, she's afraid it's just another temporary placement. But Anne is determined to make the most of it.

With tenacity and hope, Anne builds a relationship with the Cuthberts, makes friends (maybe more?), and starts to work through the emotional trauma of her past. Heart-warming, accessible, and relatable.

This graphic novel adaptation of "Anne of Green Gables" brings Anne into the present day as a foster kid who is mistakenly placed with older siblings who were looking to foster a young child. Instead of the Canadian countryside, the Cuthburts live in an apartment building in the city, where Matthew is a handyman and Marilla is a career woman. Anne is as passionate as ever, quick to anger, but with imagination and empathy. This version of the story centers on the friendship between Anne and Diana, and their maybe-more-than-just-friends feelings.

#AnneAnAdaptationofAnneofGreenGablesSortOf by Kathleen Gros was my introduction to Anne. I have never read the original books or seen any of the film adaptations. Now I want to though. This story includes a foster child who is brought into a home. We get to view the life of Anne as she navigates a new family, new friends, and new emotions. We get to see her answer questions about her identity, about when to forgive, about how to find your true self. It was a quick read and the illustrations help tell the story as much as the words do. Thank you #netgalley for giving me a copy to review.

This was cute!! I'm not the target age demographic which explains why I didn't love it, but I would never discourage somebody younger from reading this because I think it could be valuable for some! I do wish it went a bit further into character depth and relationship building for various characters and that it had a bit less of a "this happened and then this and then this" plot, but overall very cute and a great retelling!