If you have a soft spot for Eleanor H. Porter's beloved novel Pollyanna, you should definitely add Just David to your reading list. Written just a few years after Porter penned her best-known work, this emotionally resonant and uplifting tale mines...
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If you have a soft spot for Eleanor H. Porter's beloved novel Pollyanna, you should definitely add Just David to your reading list. Written just a few years after Porter penned her best-known work, this emotionally resonant and uplifting tale mines many of the same themes, albeit from a starkly different vantage-point. David is a young boy who has lived an extremely sheltered life in the mountains, with just his father and his beloved violin to keep him company
Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Mountain Home; Chapter II - The Trail; Chapter III - The Valley; Chapter IV - Two Letters; Chapter V - Discords; Chapter VI - Nuisances, Necessary and Otherwise; Chapter VII - ""You're Wanted-You're Wanted!""; Chapter VIII - The Puzzling ""Dos"" and ""Don'ts""; Chapter IX - Joe; Chapter X - The Lady of the Roses; Chapter XI - Jack and Jill; Chapter XII - Answers that Did Not Answer; Chapter XIII - A Surprise for Mr. Jack; Chapter XIV - The Tower Window; Chapter XV - Secrets; Chapter XVI - David's Castle in Spain; Chapter XVII - ""The Princess and the Pauper""
Chapter XVIII - David to the RescueChapter XIX - The Unbeautiful World; Chapter XX - The Unfamiliar Way; Chapter XXI - Heavy Hearts; Chapter XXII - As Perry Saw It; Chapter XXIII - Puzzles; Chapter XXIV - A Story Remodeled; Chapter XXV - The Beautiful World