Pollyanna Grows Up

This book presents Pollyanna Grows Up (1915), Eleanor Porter’s sequel to her celebrated novel Pollyanna.

In Pollyanna Grows Up, Porter continues the heroine’s story, showing how the girl—raised on the philosophy of the “glad game”—faces new trials and the challenges of adult life. With this novel, she not only solidified her literary reputation but also affirmed the idea that childlike optimism can accompany a person even through the complexities of maturity.

Her books inspired stage adaptations and film versions. The characters she created—simple yet profound—remained in readers’ memories as symbols of sincerity, kindness, and light. More than a century after Porter’s passing in 1920, her works continue to embody the idea that one can always find a reason to be glad—if only one chooses to.