# Sadie Dean — Pollyanna Grows Up character guide

> Sadie Dean in Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sadie, Sarah, Mercy

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-from-behind-a-counter

## Snapshot

Once a shopgirl glimpsed in the Public Garden, she returns transformed in dress, speech, and temper, proof that Pollyanna's glad game can remake a life.

## Who they are

When Pollyanna meets Sadie again after six years, the features are the same but everything else has changed: hair, dress, disposition, all of it. Sadie belongs to the Carew household circle, and her visible transformation quietly testifies to what Pollyanna's influence has accomplished in Boston. She matters as living evidence that the game works, and as a friend whose own story shadows the novel's larger questions about who gets rescued and who does the rescuing.

## Relationships

### [Pollyanna Whittier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/pollyanna_whittier)

_friendship_

Pollyanna and Sadie are loyal friends, with Sadie often helping Pollyanna navigate social situations.

### [Jimmy Pendleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/jimmy_pendleton)

_friendship_

Jimmy and Sadie are friendly acquaintances, with Sadie sometimes acting as a bridge between Jimmy and Pollyanna.

### [Aunt Polly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/aunt_polly)

_social_

Aunt Polly views Sadie Dean as a respectable young woman and a suitable friend for Pollyanna.

### [Pollyanna Whittier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/pollyanna_whittier)

_friendship_

Pollyanna and Sadie are loyal friends, with Sadie often helping Pollyanna navigate social situations.

### [Pollyanna Whittier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/pollyanna_whittier)

_friendship_

Pollyanna and Sadie are loyal friends, with Sadie often helping Pollyanna navigate social situations.

### [Jimmy Pendleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/jimmy_pendleton)

_friendship_

Jimmy and Sadie are friendly acquaintances, with Sadie sometimes acting as a bridge between Jimmy and Pollyanna.

### [Aunt Polly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/aunt_polly)

_social_

Aunt Polly views Sadie Dean as a respectable young woman and a suitable friend for Pollyanna.

### [Jimmy Pendleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/characters/jimmy_pendleton)

_friendship_

Jimmy and Sadie are friendly acquaintances, with Sadie sometimes acting as a bridge between Jimmy and Pollyanna.

## In the story

### [From Behind a Counter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xii-from-behind-a-counter)

The salesgirl behind the counter; previously met Pollyanna in the Public Garden; exhausted and bitter from work; delivers a speech about helping girls before they go wrong.

### [A Waiting and a Winning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xiii-a-waiting-and-a-winning)

Reveals her knowledge of games at the party and shares her story of loneliness and a former friend's downfall, prompting Mrs. Carew's empathy.

### [The Paying Guests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xx-the-paying-guests)

Arrives transformed in appearance and demeanor; skillfully changes conversation topics to include Jamie's interests.

### [Summer Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxi-summer-days)

Tactfully helps Jamie maintain his pride by asking him to assist with boxes; shows keen awareness of his feelings.

### [Comrades](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxii-comrades)

Shares her appreciation for the authenticity of life in the woods; talks about the new Home and her gratitude to Mrs. Carew and Pollyanna.

### [XXIV: Jimmy Wakes Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxiv-jimmy-wakes-up)

Tells Jimmy that Pollyanna and Jamie 'worship each other,' deepening Jimmy's despair.

### [The Game and Pollyanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxv-the-game-and-pollyanna)

Departs with the Carews for Boston.

### [Jimmy and Jamie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxviii-jimmy-and-jamie)

Revealed as the true object of Jamie's love, though she is not present in the chapter.

### [A New Aladdin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_grows_up_se/chapters/xxxii-a-new-aladdin)

Becomes engaged to Jamie Kent.

## Links

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