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Excerpt from Pollyanna Grows Up

Della Wetherby tripped up the somewhat imposing steps of her sister"s Commonwealth Avenue home and pressed an energetic finger against the electric-bell button. From the tip of her wingtrimmed hat to the toe of her

Excerpt from Dawn

It was on his fourteenth birthday that Keith Burton discovered the Great Terror, though he did not know it by that name until some days afterward. He knew only, to his surprise and distress, that the "Treasure Island," given to

Excerpt from PollyannaMiss Polly Harrington entered her kitchen a little hurriedly this June morning. Miss Polly did not usually make hurried movements; she specially prided herself on her repose of manner. But to-day she was hurrying - actually hurrying.Nancy, washing dishes at the sink, looked up...

Excerpt from Oh, Money! Money: A Novel"I was thinking - of Mr. Stanley G. Fulton"; "I can"t help it, Aunt Maggie. I"ve just got to be away!"; "Jim, you"ll have to come!"; "And look into those blessed children"s faces"About...

Excerpt from Six Star Ranch

The Reverend Thomas Wilson"s sister, Miss Sophronia, had come to Sunbridge on a Tuesday evening late in June to make her brother"s family a long-promised visit. But it was not until the next morning that she heard

Orphan Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her cold, unhappy Aunt Polly. She plays the glad game - it helps her find things to be glad about. Before long,
Pollyanna is helping people in the town play the glad game, and they feel happier.

Then,