Pollyanna's Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but she joins a secret club, spying on a new woman in town, only to learn of her desire to shield her retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.
Pollyanna comes to stay with her aunt, Polly Harrington, the most powerful woman in the town of Harrington. Aunt Polly wants her to concentrate on her studies but Pollyanna would rather make friends with the orphan kids. One day, a woman named Widow Jenn comes to town and Pollyanna, along with other citizens, try to spy on her because of a rumor going around.