Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

"Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" by Margaret Sidney is a novel published in 1881. It follows the Pepper family—five children and their widowed mother—living in poverty in their little brown house. Though Mamsie works tirelessly to support them, the children's spirits remain unbroken. When young Phronsie is kidnapped, her rescue by wealthy Jasper King transforms their lives forever. The Kings welcome the Peppers into their grand home, surrounding them with luxury while Mamsie ensures her children never forget the values of hard work and humility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sidney, Margaret, 1844-1924
Title Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Little_Peppers
Credits Produced by David Reed, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Poor -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Families -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Fatherless families -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Sick -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Five Little Peppers (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2770
Release Date
Last Update Feb 19, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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