Pat of Silver Bush

Pat of Silver Bush (1933) is a novel written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, noted for her Anne of Green Gables series.

The protagonist, Patricia Gardiner (called Pat), hates change of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world.

During her teenage years, Pat has a number of beaus, but cannot bring herself to part with her home, and breaks off her romantic relationships at the slightest criticism of Silver Bush.

She has no aspirations beyond caring for her family and Silver Bush, and is secretly glad when a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever prevents her from getting her teaching license.

Unlike Anne Shirley or Emily Starr, the only other Montgomery heroines whose stories are told in multiple texts, Pat is neither ambitious nor a writer.

Judy Plum: The family's live-in housekeeper who has lived at Silver Bush for years and is regarded almost as a second mother to all the children.

Hilary "Jingle" Gordon: A local boy who lives nearby with his not-very-loving aunt and uncle after his mother abandoned him.