Eleanor H. Porter 
Pollyanna (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

This 1913 bestseller features Pollyanna Whittier, a young orphan sent to live with her stern aunt Polly.  Pollyanna obsessively plays ‘the Glad Game, ‘ in which she finds something to be glad about in any situation.  But when she suffers an accident and loses the use of her legs, her sunny attitude will be put to the test.

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Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920) was an American novelist.  Highly successful in her day, she is remembered mainly for one novel, Pollyanna (1913). Her books also include children’s literature—Miss Billy and Just David—and adult novels—The Turn of the Tide and Dawn.