After spending years in an orphanage, Anne is finally sent to live with her middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla, who intended to adopt a boy to help with the farm. Despite the mix-up, they allow Anne to stay, where she quickly becomes Anne of Green Gables, brightening up the farm with her talkative personality and uplifting spirit. The story outlines Anne's experience in her first true home, and how after a tragic death, everything changes.