Elspeth's mother is taking six-year-old Elspeth and her eleven-year-old sister on a vacation. When she starts reading Anne of Green Gables aloud to the girls, they catch on: they''e going to Prince Edward Island.
Elspeth proudly dons her Anne hat on the ferry, ready to explore. Although she knows she's really visiting Lucy Maud Montgomery's house, she feels like she recognizes everything from the books.
Elspeth's imagination is ignited. No longer satisfied with pretending to be Anne, Elspeth is instead inspired to become more like Montgomery: famous writer Elspeth of Cavendish, writing about the world she loves.