Little Maid Marigold

Little Marigold has already lost her father when she's torn from her mother and brothers and sent to live with distant Aunts in an unfamiliar place. At her new school she finds one true friend in Molly and one relentless tormentor in Muriel. An invitation to Rocombe Farm offers escape and unexpected joy, but illness strikes the young girl, and she lies at death's door waiting for someone to come. This is a story about loss and displacement, about the small cruelties and great kindnesses children navigate, and about the kind of faith that sustains a young heart through crisis. Written with gentle Christian sentiment that feels earned rather than preachy, it captures a particular era's belief that even the smallest souls can weather enormous storms.