Lucy M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables is a novel that touches on the themes of childhood, friendship, imagination, loss, and trauma. Anne, an orphan, is inadvertently adopted by Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, two siblings living on a farm in Prince Edward Island. Although Anne is not the male orphan that Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were expecting, Anne ends up playing a significant role in their lives. Anne confronts and is challenged by social relationships and differing settings in Avonlea. This young girl offers new views, courage, imagination, and inspiration to readers to similarly confront varying social situations like Anne. The protagonist allows readers to connect, challenge, and sympathize with her as she progresses from childhood to adolescence. Montgomery is expertly able to deliver a combination of sentimental, serious, and humorous scenes with each chapter revolving around an event or a situation that Anne or another character is faced with. Readers actively engage with each chapter telling a story that can relate to situations in their own lives. Anne of Green Gables is a valuable novel for young readers since it allows them to become immersed in Anne’s world and observe the protagonist’s interactions with others that normalizes mistakes along with growth.