Question about an Anne of Green Gables prequel ... published on Beyond
Green Gables.
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Have Penguin Group publishers come out with that book yet or are they
still working on it? If it has come out what is the name of it?
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*Dear Lexi, *

I'm assuming that you are referring to the /Anne of Green Gables/
prequel. We did some research and found out that the new book is due out
in March of 2008 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the
publication of the original /Anne of Green Gables./

Here's an excerpt from an October 2006 Penguin Group press release;

Penguin Group (Canada) to become the official book publisher of LM
Montgomery 100th Anniversary Editions

Penguin Group (Canada) announced it will undertake a major Canadian
publishing program in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Anne of
Green Gables, including publication of an official prequel, to coincide
with the 100th anniversary of the book's original publication in 1908.

...L.M. Montgomery's grandson David Macdonald,

speaking for the family, said, "We are delighted that Penguin have
undertaken to publish a prequel to Anne of Green Gables for 2008 and
have selected respected author Budge Wilson to write Before Green
Gables. We think she is a terrific choice." He continued, "It's an
added bonus that Budge Wilson like Anne, comes from Nova Scotia. I think
my grandmother would have thought it appropriate for an author who grew
up in Nova Scotia to write about Anne's life before she came to Prince
Edward Island and Green Gables."

We're looking forward to reading the book as much as you are.

Thanks, The Editors.


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