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Have you read Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter?
Yes 43%  43%  [ 6 ]
No 57%  57%  [ 8 ]
Don't remember 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 14

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24 Sep 2024, 1:29 pm

Why are so many female protagonists from classic children's novel orphans? Pollyanna was an orphan. So was Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. And Heidi. Anne of Green Gables.

Of course, there's also an unwritten rule that comic book superheroes are orphans, too.