28 pages 56-minute read

Eugenia Collier

Marigolds

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1969

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The brown crumbly dust of late summer settles over a small Maryland town where fourteen-year-old Lizabeth faces the harsh realities of the Great Depression. Test your understanding of Eugenia Collier's powerful coming-of-age story about innocence, compassion, and the courage to plant beauty in barren places.

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