Anne of Green Gables

Plot
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is about Anne Shirley, an 11 year old orphan. She is mistakenly sent to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle aged pair of siblings who intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. Anne is highly imaginative, eager to please and dramatic at times and originally Marilla wants to send her back to the orphanage however Anne grows on her and her brother and they accept her. The book recounts Anne's adventures in making a home: excelling in her studies, a friendship with the girl next door and her rivalry with classmate Gilbert Blythe. Towards the end of the book, with Anne around the age one attends university Matthew dies and Marilla goes blind. Giving up a scholarship to return home to take care of her. In order to remain close and help his friend out Gilbert gives up a teaching job at a prestigious school to a more quaint one to help Anne.

Effects
Two people who touch the book at the same time will be bonded as best friends. Each person will become obsessively possessive of the other.