#130 in Middle grade
Pollyanna
- 183
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
- Film 1960 +5
- On screen
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Our view
“Pollyanna” is a warm, brisk classic about a girl who finds something to be glad about in any situation. Her cheerfulness is lively rather than preachy, and it slowly changes the people around her. Some readers find the religious element a little heavy. The book’s success led to a sequel, “Pollyanna Grows Up”, and a long line of later “Glad Books”, most of them by other hands.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Pollyanna is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter soon writing a sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Eleven more Pollyanna sequels, known as "Glad Books", were later published, most of them written by Elizabeth Borton or Harriet Lummis Smith. Further sequels followed, including Pollyanna Plays the Game by Colleen L. Reece, published in 1997.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 6 times — from 1920 to 2018.
- FilmPollyannaIMDb
- SeriesThe Story of Pollyanna, Girl of LoveIMDb
- FilmPollyannaIMDb
- SeriesAs Aventuras de PolianaIMDb
- FilmPollyannaIMDb
- TV filmPollyIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 97 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 22 | 23% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 75 | 77% |
Frequently asked
What age is Pollyanna for?
Pollyanna sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 183 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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