Margaret Sidney

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.

"To help mother": that was the goal of each and every one of the five Pepper children. Yet even as "Mamsie" struggles hard to feed and educate her brood, she still manages to fill the house with joy. The adventures of this poor but loving family-Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and the adored youngest, Phronsie-have charmed young readers for more than a century. Overflowing with warmth, suspense, and many delightful surprises, this classic remains as compelling...

A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.