Project Gutenberg 2006-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 172 Meade, L. T. 1854 1914 Smith, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Meade, Mrs. L. T. Thomas, Elizabeth Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, Lillie Mead, L. T. Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl" by L. T. Meade is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Polly Perkins, a spirited and adventurous fourteen-year-old girl navigating the challenges of life in a large family. Following the death of her mother, Polly finds herself thrust into an unexpected position of responsibility as she embarks on a week-long experiment of managing her family's household. The opening portion sets up the story by illustrating the serene yet stifling summer day as Polly's excitement and innocence come to the fore. As she engages with her environment—capturing thrushes and contemplating the arrival of a new baby—it is clear that her world is about to change dramatically. The subsequent news of her mother’s death abruptly shifts the circumstances, placing the young girl in a more mature role amidst her grieving family. As the narrative unfolds, we see her determination to step up in the absence of her mother, a quest that reflects her strong will and desire for agency. Ultimately, the beginning of the novel establishes the tone of adventure and resilience that defines Polly's journey as she learns to navigate her new reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Family -- England -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Motherless families -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 522198 522145 2024-10-08T09:11:15.909969 2023-09-08T10:33:11.133225 text/html text/html 548923 2006-06-23T15:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202686 2006-06-23T15:09:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 285845 2024-10-08T09:11:26.299942 application/epub+zip 292924 2024-10-08T09:11:19.423960 application/epub+zip 270461 2024-10-08T09:11:17.953991 application/epub+zip 532221 2024-10-08T09:11:31.723888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486843 2024-10-08T09:11:25.231923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379158 2022-09-09T05:05:48.592623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472325 472242 2024-10-08T09:11:14.492983 2023-09-08T10:33:09.952220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 472187 2006-06-23T15:09:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 178041 2006-06-23T15:09:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472178 2006-06-23T15:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178018 2006-06-23T15:09:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22546 2024-10-08T09:11:31.871885 application/rdf+xml 13854 2024-10-08T09:11:18.528968 image/jpeg 3944 2024-10-08T09:11:18.243955 image/jpeg 272568 2024-10-08T09:11:15.955968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia