Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter - Bookniverse

Imagine being sent to live in a strange town with an aunt who is as cold as a winter morning and as stiff as a wooden board. This is the reality for eleven-year-old Pollyanna Whittier. Her Aunt Polly is wealthy and dutiful, but she has forgotten how to be kind. However, Pollyanna brings with her the "Glad Game"--a way of finding something to be happy about in every single situation, no matter how miserable it seems. Pollyanna’s relentless optimism begins to change everyone she meets.****************************Eleanor H. Porter was born in New Hampshire, USA, in 1868. Before she became a world-famous novelist, Porter was actually trained as a singer. This musical background perhaps influenced the rhythmic and cheerful tone of her writing. She began writing short stories for magazines before publishing Pollyanna in 1913. The book was an instant sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year alone. Porter knew that people often feel lonely or discouraged, and she wanted to provide a story that offered a simple yet effective way to cope with life's hardships.