by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Seven year old Sara Crewe has it all - fancy clothes from India, an immaculate room, and an ability to tell incredible stories - and she quickly becomes the most adored and envied sutdent at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary School. Her classmates think of her as a princess, and Sara would be happier only if her loving father were not so far away.

But when tragedy strikes, Sara's world is suddenly and cruelly turned on it's head. Begrudged by Miss Minchin from the start, Sara becomes trapped under the wrath of her resentful teacher, and must rely on a boundless imagination to escape the reality of the wretched living conditions as she shares with the scullery maid, Becky. Accustomed to helping desparate and lonely souls, Sara is unaccustomed to needing help herself; and in her extreme situation she can only find new ways to give. The fanicful world Sara lives in becomes moer and more real and her needs for a true fairy tale increasingly great.

In Sara Crewe, Frances Hodgson Burnett has created one of the most memorable and admirable characters in children's literature. This bittersweet classic pays tribuite to the power of compassion, wisdom and an indomitable imagination.