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Rainbow Valley

Rainbow Valley is a juvenile novel written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and originally published in 1919.

In the seventh installment of the well-known series Anne of Green Gables we meet again with Anne Shirley being already a 41-year-old woman, married for more than fifteen years to the love of her youth.

The couple live with their six children in Ingleside and return home from a trip to Europe. They discover that there is a new neighbor in the neighborhood named John Meredith, a Presbyterian Pastor, along with his four children.

Unlike other novels where Anne is more prominent, the plot of this installment focuses on John's four children. They become friends with Anne's children and will live numerous adventures and mischief because their education and manners are not entirely appropriate.

Themes such as friendship, love or the importance of family will stand out in this novel to continue with the adventures of Anne and her children.

Anne of Green Gables #7

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Pages
229
Reading time
6 hours 47 minutes
Pace
Intermediate
First published
1919
Language
English
Downloads
3,129

107 years later, still timely

Why Read Rainbow Valley in 2026?

Friendships, scrapes, and small-town rituals that teach without lectures. Light, funny, and kind.

Today's connection

Perfect for shared reading. It honors play, forgiveness, and community, showing how children grow inside a web of neighbors and seasons.

Circle of friends

Mischief with heart.

Everyday wonder

Fields, porches, skies.

Gentle ethics

Lessons that stick.

Perfect for Young readers Fans of Anne of Green Gables series Readers interested in early 20th-century Canadian life

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About the author

Portrait of Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1874–1942

Wit, community, and the happiness of making a life from limits and place.

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