From the names and disposition of the characters to Anne’s intransigency that her name should always be spelt with an “e”, the beats and rhythms will be recognizable to any Gabler™.
Yes, Ivy Noelle Weir continues her trend of effective graphic novel re-telling’s with Anne of West Philly, this time tackling the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables written by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1908, and as expected, the similarities to the source material are very clear and present. But as Anne starts to get comfortable, she discovers one thing she wasn’t looking for: a family.
Armed with a big personality and unstoppable creativity, Anne takes her new home by storm as she joins the robotics club, makes new friends in Diana and Gilbert, experiences first love, and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. Their redheaded foster daughter, Anne Shirley, is in search of an exciting life and has decided that West Philly is where she’s going to find it.
When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to foster a teenage girl for the first time, their lives are changed forever. Anne of Green Gables gets a modern, and more than welcome, upgrade in the latest graphic novel from Ivy Noelle Weir and Myisha Haynes.Īnne of Green Gables with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and The Secret Garden on 81st Street, this full-color graphic novel moves Anne Shirley to modern-day West Philadelphia, where she finds new friends, new rivals, and a new family.
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