Pollyanna Grows Up

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name = Pollyanna Grows Up
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author = Eleanor H. Porter
illustrator = H. Weston Taylor
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Glad Books
genre = Romance
publisher = The Page Company, Boston
release_date = March 27, 1915
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media_type = Print
pages = 308
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preceded_by = Pollyanna
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"Pollyanna Grows Up" is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. 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.

Plot Introduction

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, spends her time teaching the "glad game" to new town, and a very bitter woman Mrs. Carew. Along the way she makes new friends, such as Sadie, and is courted by two childhood friends, Jimmy and Jamie: Jimmy a hale and hearty aspiring architect, Jamie a delicate literary genius whose withered legs compel him to rely on a wheelchair and crutches. Jimmy also finds out his family's background, and how he ended up alone.

Quotes

Pollyanna: "I'm glad, glad, GLAD for--everything now!"

External links

* [http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PorPoll.html Full text] of "Pollyanna Grows Up" from the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center.
* [http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Pollyanna+Grows+Up Critical reception and bibliographic information] for "Pollyanna Grows Up", with a biographical sketch of Eleanor H. Porter.