A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable greatness.

Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside

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When pirates Captain Oliver and Rosie decide to try farming near the town of Mousam they learn that the sayings about weather that they used while at sea are equally useful on land.

Hazel knows a lot about the world but feels insecure dealing with the changes in her life as she enters eighth grade.

Henry, a very organized pig, frowns at the untidy farm where he lives, but after making a map to show where everything belongs, he and the other farm animals discover a big problem.

A farmer uses his tractor to prepare the soil, plant seeds, harvest corn, and haul it away to be sold.

Amy nurses a wild goose back to health and struggles to decide whether to keep it on the farm or let it be free.

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.

When Holly's family moves from the city to a farm, she longs to get a horse for her birthday. Based on events in the author's childhood.

Two cow friends, Minnie and Moo, decide to drive the farmer's tractor all the way to the moon.