I really enjoyed the story it has a very similar feel to Anne of Green Gables and Pollyanna. I went in not knowing what to expect because the only experience of the story I have is the Shirley Temple version, cute but not at all accurate.

The story begins when Rebecca is 10 and ends when she's 17, part of me was disappointed at the lack of romance but then I reminded myself that it's a children's story and they don't all have to end in a wedding :).