description: Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous children.These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream  of what will happen when the strangest family  moves into an old nearby mansion. The Meredith clan is  two boys and two girls, with minister father but  no mother -- and a runaway girl named Mary Vance. Soon the Meredith kids join Anne's children in their private hideout to carry out their plans to save Mary from the orphanage, to help the lonely minister find happiness, and to keep a pet rooster from the soup pot. There's always an adventure brewing in the sun-dappled world of Rainbow Valley.
title: Rainbow Valley
titlecomplete: Rainbow Valley
characters: Una Meredith, Anne Shirley, Faith Meredith, Carl Meredith, Walter Blythe, James Matthew (Jem) Blythe, Ellen West, Mary Vance, Norman Douglas, Diana (Di) Blythe, Jerry Meredith, John Meredith, Anne (Nan) Blythe, Gilbert Blythe, Rosemary West, Cornelia (Bryant) Elliott
genres: Fiction, Historical, Canada, Young Adult, Romance, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 48826
places: Prince Edward Island
series: Anne of Green Gables