An abridged retelling of the Margaret Sidney story in which a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

The Five Little Peppers book series was, created by Margaret Sidney. It covers the lives of the five children of Mamsie and the late Mister Pepper, who are born into poverty in a rural "little brown house." In this book, Joel and Davie Pepper are away at boarding school, trying to learn manners and self-reliance, while their sister Polly must cope with gossips and snobs at her school. But when, a terrible train accident leaves the brakeman's wife...

The Last book in the "Five Little Peppers" series. Phronsie Pepper is all grown up and the pepper family has grown to include a new precocious younger generation. Phronsie is in love with a young man named Roslyn May but struggles with the relationship because of the disapproval of her dear grandpa.