description: Children's chapter book with full colour illustrations for ages 6-12 years. Main character Pggy Thompkin is eight years old and has a neuromuscular disease; she walks with a cane and wears leg braces. Orphaned at age 4 she is adopted by her widowed great aunt, Scarlett, who lives on a horse farm along with a wide menagerie of birds, pets and other farm animals. Faced with schoolyard ridicule by three notorious bullyboys, Peggy learns to conquer obstacles that come her way with wit, ingenuity and indomitable spirit. Readers walk with Peggy step by step and experience the physical and emotional challenges and triumphs of life, despite the odds against her. An inspiring and refreshing story.
title: Aunt Scarlett's Farm
titlecomplete: Aunt Scarlett's Farm