Pollyanna Grows Up

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Pollyanna Grows Up
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Author Eleanor H. Porter
IllustratorH. Weston Taylor
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Glad Books
Genre Romance
Publisher The Page Company
Publication date
March 27, 1915
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages308
Preceded by Pollyanna  
Followed byPollyanna of the Orange Blossoms 

Pollyanna Grows Up is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. [1] It is the first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling Pollyanna (1913), but is the only one written by Porter herself; the numerous later additions to the Pollyanna franchise were the work of other authors.

Contents

Plot introduction

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, spends her time teaching the "glad game" to a new town, and a very bitter woman, Mrs. Carew, who became very bitter hearted since her sister's son, Jamie, was missing. Along the way she makes new friends, such as Sadie and Jamie: Jamie is a delicate literary genius whose withered legs compel him to rely on a wheelchair and crutches.

Nine years later, twenty-year-old Pollyanna and her aunt fall upon hard times. Following the death of Dr. Chilton, as a means of making money, Pollyanna and her aunt are forced to take in the friends Pollyanna made six years earlier as boarders. However, there are many skeletons lurking in people's closets, causing numerous misunderstandings and many revelations, including how her old childhood friend Jimmy Bean-Pendleton [2] had ended up all alone since the death of his adoptive father.

Characters

Reception

The Morning Union wrote that it is "good as it can be" and that it "will come as a real joy" to those who had enjoyed the first novel. [3]

References

  1. Rovan, Marcie Panutsos (June 14, 2023). "Affective Discipline, Persistence, and Power in Pollyanna" . Women's Studies. 52 (5): 490–506. doi:10.1080/00497878.2023.2217977 . Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  2. Pollyanna Grows Up  . p.  152  via Wikisource.
  3. "Pollyana's Dangers Survives Dangers of a Sequel". The Morning Union. May 2, 1915. Retrieved September 21, 2024.