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Pollyanna Grows Up

Eleanor H. Porter

Book Overview: 

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Aunt Polly goes abroad with Pollyanna’s new Uncle, Dr. Chilton. While in Boston, Pollyanna meets new friends and has several interesting adventures…

A startling change in Aunt Polly’s and Pollyanna’s circumstances require Pollyanna to come up with a workable solution. Pollyanna’s solution brings all her new friends from Boston and her old friends in Beldingsville together. Pollyanna also discovers she has to make a choice. Who will win her heart?

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Had not the man said that this was a public park, and that she had as good a right as anybody to be there? She walked nearer to the pond and crossed the bridge to the starting-place of the little boats. For some time she watched the children happily, keeping a particularly sharp lookout for the possible black curls of Susie Smith. She would have liked to take a ride in the pretty boats, herself, but the sign said "Five cents" a trip, and she did not have any money with her. She smiled hopefully into the faces of several women, and twice she spoke tentatively. But no one spoke first to her, and those whom she addressed eyed her coldly, and made scant response.

After a time she turned her steps into still another path. Here she found a white-faced boy in a wheel chair. She would have spoken to him, but he was so absorbed in his book that she turned away after a moment's wistful gazing. Soon then she came upon a pretty, but sad-looking young girl sitti. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This is an entertaining sequel to 'Pollyanna', which starts soon after the conclusion. She is sent to stay with Mrs Ruth Carew, a lady suffering deep depression because over a decade earlier, her beloved baby nephew was kidnapped from the family by his eccentric father. Even though Ruth's brother-in

Η Πολυάννα είναι ο πιο αισιόδοξος και χαρούμενος χαρακτήρας βιβλίου που έχω συναντήσει έως τώρα! Σ' αυτό το βιβλίο παρατηρούμε τη ζωή της Πολυάννας κατά την εφηβεία και αργότερα την ενηλικίωσή της. Είναι ένα υπέροχο και καλογραμμένο βιβλίο μέσα από τη γλυκιά ματιά και γραφή της Ελεάνορ Πόρτερ. Είτε

عندما تنظر للعالم و ما يحويه من بشر و مخلوقات ، يجب ان تحس بسعادة لانك لا تزال تنبض حياة ، و ما زال امامك وقت لتزرع الخير قدر استطاعتك ، دعك من تشاؤمك و حزنك ، فقط فكر بما عليك من نعم .

كم احببت بوليانا ، و كيف لها انا تبث الامل في قلوب الجميع ، بدءا بالسيده كرو ، و جايمي ، و كيف جمعتهما و اقنهت الس

I love this book so much! The second half even more than the first, although the first half is important to the second. Even if it does contain the most convoluted imaginary love polygon in the history of literature. :)

Seriously, though, every time I go to diagram this thing, my mind threatens to ex

A wonderful follow-up to the first book!

The first half of this book takes place soon after "Pollyanna," with the second half being about her growing up, how she finds work and falls in love - a part that I always enjoy reading about, particularly when a character has become a favorite. I simply mus

Another great Porter book and a fabulous sequel. I just love all of these characters!

It was interesting to discover what happened to Pollyanna and Jimmy in their later years, although I found Aunt Polly's relapse quite unbelievable.......more

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