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Pollyanna Grows Up

by Porter Eleanor Hodgman

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Author: Porter Eleanor Hodgman

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Pollyanna Grows Up is a wonderful story that was written by Eleanor Porter as the second part of Pollyanna adventures. The story is magical and wonderful, narrated with a good sense of humor and with the use of great vocabulary. In this part of the sequel Pollyanna gets better after the car accident and returns to Boston because of her wonderful nurse Della Wetherby whose sister Ruth Carew has lost her son Jamie who was taken by his father. Thus, she feels very miserable and sad. Ruth lives in a big house and does nothing because of her tragedy and at first she cannot stand Pollyanna but then understands that the girl helps her forget her sadness. In Boston Pollyanna meets a lot of people and many of them become her friends. She also is looking for Jamie for a long time. In this part of the story we see how Pollyanna grows up and becomes serious and more experienced. It is very interesting to see how her personality develops and changes. The novel is definitely recommended to all fans of the first part as it is equally charming and wonderful.

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...her automobile is a horse. My! but don't Ijust love to ride in these things, " exulted Pollyanna, with a happylittle bounce. "You see I never did before, except the one that ranover me. They put me IN that one after they'd got me out from underit; but of course I didn't know about it, so I couldn't enjoy it. Since then I haven't been in one at all. Aunt Polly doesn't like them. Uncle Tom does, though, and he wants one. He says he's got to haveone, in his business. He's a doctor, you know, and all the otherdoctors in town have got them now. I don't know how it will come out. Aunt Polly is all stirred up over it. You see, she wants Uncle Tom tohave what he wants, only she wants him to want what she wants him towant. See?"Mrs. Carew laughed suddenly. "Yes, my dear, I think I see, " she answered demurely, though her eyesstill carried--for them--a most unusual twinkle. "All right, " sighed Pollyanna contentedly. "I thought you would;still, it did sound sort of mixed when I said it. Oh, Aunt...