Before Green Gables

Before Green Gables is an authorised prequel novel to the Anne of Green Gables series. It was written in 2008 by Budge Wilson, a Canadian children's author. The book concerns Anne Shirley's life before she arrives at Green Gables, including the deaths of her parents, Walter and Bertha Shirley.

Book description
Before she arrived at Green Gables, Anne Shirley had a difficult early life. Orphaned as a baby, she is sent from one foster home to the next and escapes from her dark reality through the power of her vivid imagination. Curious, inventive, and outspoken, even at a young age, Anne battles to make a life for herself by searching out kindred spirits, finding solace in her books, and dreaming of the day she has a family of her own. Award-winning author Budge Wilson brings young Anne vibrantly to life in this fully authorized prequel to the much-loved Anne of Green Gables.

Chapters

 * 1) Walter Leaves for Work
 * 2) Jessie's Revelation
 * 3) Walter Returns
 * 4) Tea with Jessie
 * 5) Waiting for March
 * 6) Mrs. Thomas Comes
 * 7) Anne Shirley
 * 8) First Weeks
 * 9) Fever and Fears
 * 10) A Small World
 * 11) Four Days
 * 12) What to Do?
 * 13) Moving Out
 * 14) Moving In
 * 15) Difficult Times
 * 16) Eliza's News
 * 17) Changes
 * 18) Heartbreak
 * 19) Eliza's Wedding Day
 * 20) Katie Maurice
 * 21) Katie and Anne
 * 22) Mr. Thomas and Anne
 * 23) Disaster
 * 24) The Fruits of Disaster
 * 25) Preparing to Leave
 * 26) Leaving and Arriving
 * 27) Marysville
 * 28) Mats, Education, and Eggs
 * 29) A Long Walk
 * 30) The Egg Man
 * 31) Words
 * 32) Anger and Fear
 * 33) New Directions (US and UK editions title: "On the Way")
 * 34) First Day at School
 * 35) Recess
 * 36) A Talk With Mr. Johnson
 * 37) Anne Receives a Dictionary
 * 38) A Blizzard of Surprises
 * 39) An Expedition (US and UK editions title: "A Journey")
 * 40) A Terrible Shock
 * 41) A Hardened Heart
 * 42) A Surprise Visit
 * 43) A Magic Day
 * 44) A Long Fall
 * 45) Winter
 * 46) Another Surprise Visit (US title: "A Surprise Visit")
 * 47) School and Other Things
 * 48) Terror
 * 49) Birthday Presents
 * 50) Tragedy (US and UK editions title: "Disaster")
 * 51) The Downside of Death
 * 52) A Sad Conversation
 * 53) Mrs. Hammond Comes
 * 54) Goodbyes (US title: "Good-byes")
 * 55) The Journey
 * 56) Discoveries
 * 57) Violetta and Miss Haggerty
 * 58) More Discoveries
 * 59) Daffodils and Other Things
 * 60) Afterwards (US title: "Afterward")
 * 61) Time Passes
 * 62) Another Year, Another Time
 * 63) Endings
 * 64) Another Departure
 * 65) Another Journey
 * 66) New Beginnings
 * 67) A Friend!
 * 68) A Revelation
 * 69) Mrs. Spencer (US title: Mrs. Spencer Arrives}
 * 70) On the Way

Editions
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Adaptations

 * Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables (2009), a Japanese anime TV series

Behind the scenes

 * Before Green Gables was translated into Japanese as Kon'nichiwa Anne (basically Hello, Anne)
 * In this book, Anne is not discontent with her name. At an early age, she parrots her caregiver Eliza's way of saying Anne with an 'e'. Eliza's reason was that Anne's parents chose Anne for her an emphasized  the 'e'.