Marigolds was written by Eugenia W. Collier. The main theme of this story is about growing up in poverty.

This story takes place during the Great Depression. The characters of the story are black people, they weren't modern at all, very few of them had magazines, papers and televisions. The main character is Lizabeth and how she was a child one-minute and became a lady the next. Lizabeth grew up in rural Maryland. The whole town was a picture of poverty and dust. But at one particular house in Maryland there were marigolds planted in the garden, which was a picture of beauty in the gray town.

Lizabeth's family was very poor; she and Joey could do what they wanted during the day, as their mom had a job, and their dad was looking for work. When Lizabeth's dad heard about Mr. Ellis's coat he swore...