| Polly and Fan have been best friends by mail for a long time. Polly lives in the country and Fan lives in the city. Polly comes and visits Fan, to stay with her for a little while. She meets Fans whole family, Tom, her brother, Maud, her sister, Mr. And Mrs. Shaw, and grandma. Everything is strange in Fans life and many things are not as they should be. The family does not love each other, Fan is constantly disobeying her dad by going out with a boy that her dad said not to, she is flirting at afternoon recitals, and at the shows, girls are wearing jockey outfits. Polly does not like it there, but she takes an instant liking to grandma and Mr. Shaw. She brings happiness to the family by doing things that are considered old fashion like playing with dolls. When it is time for her to go home, the whole family is sad.
Six years later, Polly comes back to work as a music teacher to help her brother go to college. She finds that she is an outcast because she has to work, but a nice lady gives her a room for free, and she starts to help the lady with her work. The lady works to help women be strong, and through Polly's connection with Polly, she raises much money to help the poor and hungry. One day she makes a mistake and goes to a play with Fan and Tom, it just so happens the Mr. Sydney, an old friend is their, and she finds herself flirting with him, just for fun, but he thinks of it as more. To make matters worse, Fan likes Mr. Sydney. Polly doesn't love Mr. Sydney, but she doesn't want to hurt him. She also doesn't want to end her friendship with Fan. She doesn't know what to do and to make matters worse, she loves Tom, but thinks he doesn't love her. She wonders if she will ever be able to undo her mistake. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1600-1899 Family, loving relations Yes Special relationship with - cousin Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - none Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 () City? Yes City: - wealthy Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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