This is an authorized prequel to Anne of Green Gables. I thought it was in the spirit of the Anne character, and I enjoyed it. 

However, my problems with the character of Anne persist and became even more so with this prequel. Her parents both died when she was an infant. She had no stability, being handed off to the next family at several points. She was basically a child slave, doing all the cooking and washing for huge families starting at a few years old, and she took care of children when she was a child herself. Despite 16 hours of backbreaking work a day, she’s upbeat and has no bitterness. 

You do feel the joy at the end of the book when she’s off to land with Matthew and Marilla.