Ana of California

Name: Ana of California
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Andi Teran
ISBN: 9781681411958

Author: Andi Teran

Narrator: Andi Teran

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 06/30/2015

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran's captivating debut novel offers a contemporary twist on a beloved classic. Fifteen-year-old orphan Ana Cortez has just blown her last chance with a foster family. It's a group home next - unless she agrees to leave East Los Angeles for a farm trainee program in Northern California. When she first arrives, Ana can't tell a tomato plant from a blackberry bush, and Emmett Garber is skeptical that this slight city girl can be any help on his farm. His sister Abbie, however, thinks Ana might be just what they need. Ana comes to love Garber Farm, and even Emmett has to admit that her hard work is an asset. But when she inadvertently stirs up trouble in town, Ana is afraid she might have ruined her last chance at finding a place to belong.

About Andi Teran

Andi Teran, a native of El Paso, Texas, currently lives in Los Angeles. Ana of California is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hallie on August 23, 2015

Maybe 2.5, because I'm not at all sorry to have listened to this, but on the other hand, I'm *cross* about a huge part of the story. When Katayoun read this and didn't like it, I took the warning of a fellow Anne of Green Gables fan, and dropped it from to-read to maybe-read. I was also curious thou......more

Goodreads review by Kara on February 02, 2018

Ana of California is one of those books that had to grow on me. This isn’t particularly a problem with the book but more my mood going into it. I guess I was hoping for something more, but Andi Teran’s story tends to move at a more sedate pace than I was expecting. I would hesitate to describe this......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn on July 02, 2015

The reason that I picked up Ana of California is solely due to the fact that it’s a reimagining of one of my favourite books, Anne of Green Gables. As always with retellings there is some (or a lot) of risk involved in taking on a book that is beloved by so many people. For the most part, I think An......more

Goodreads review by Ian on June 18, 2016

This was very readable for much of it! I never read Anne of Green Gables, so it's possible some of my criticisms of the read have something to do with the author attempting to preserve some of the spirit of her source material. But I liked the idea of a Mexican American girl from a tough neighborhoo......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 18, 2016

What a GORGEOUS book. Now, coming off the complete downer that was MARCH, I am glad that I had already picked up and read the first few pages of this. Ana is the modern version of Anne with an E, she of Green Gables and Prince Edward Island. I would not pick up something like this, for fear of besmi......more