Never Won a Major Prize
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
Summary
An orphaned, red haired chatterbox named Anne Shirley arrives by mistake at the Cuthbert farm on Prince Edward Island, where a brother and sister had actually asked an orphanage for a boy to help with chores. Montgomery follows Anne's irrepressible imagination and quick temper as she wins over her adoptive family and the wider community despite her many scrapes. The novel's warmth and humor turned it into an enduring classic of Canadian and international children's literature.
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Historical Context & Significance
The book appeared fourteen years before the Newbery Medal began honoring children's literature in 1922, so it never had the chance to compete for it. Montgomery wrote eight further novels about Anne without ever receiving a major literary prize.