Since their father died, Mrs. Pepper has sewn day and night to pay the rent on the little brown house, and Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie and Phronsie do what they can to help. Measles, a ruined birthday cake and threadbare winters test them, until a lost rich boy named Jasper finds his way to their door.
A warm American family story of 1881 about making happiness out of very little. Download the free EPUB.