In New England in the late nineteenth century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.

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The boys are off at a boarding school. Polly is at an exclusive girl's school as a day pupil.

Ben Pepper, eldest-born of Mother Pepper's brood, helps Henrietta Van Ruypen after an accident, and in return, she supplies gifts and clothing to the poor, including her long lost grandson, Pip.

The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew tells how the Peppers live, learn, and play in their little brown house. They are poor, and Mamsie must work constantly to keep the wolf from the door, but their lives are unexpectedly happy. They make do with whatever they have and the older children help the youngest ones. Though bad times may befall them, they bear it as best they are able and make the most of the good.

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