Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic riches-to-rags tale, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Children’s Signature Clothbound Editions line.
When Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s boarding school, she is treated like a true princess, adored by her classmates and the fawning headmistress. But when tragedy strikes and her father is believed to be dead and penniless, Sara’s fortunes change forever. Stripped of her privilege and forced into servitude, she must use her vivid imagination and inner strength to survive. A timeless tale of hope, resilience, and the triumph of a good heart.
When Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s boarding school, she is treated like a true princess, adored by her classmates and the fawning headmistress. But when tragedy strikes and her father is believed to be dead and penniless, Sara’s fortunes change forever. Stripped of her privilege and forced into servitude, she must use her vivid imagination and inner strength to survive. A timeless tale of hope, resilience, and the triumph of a good heart.
Reviews
Generations of children have fallen in love with the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines she's a princess in order to survive the hard times
I'm not sure I could have survived childhood without Frances Hodgson Burnett. My sister and I would crawl into the attic of our suburban American house and pretend we were looking across London rooftops. We'd lost our parents and our money, but perhaps a mysterious monk would visit our miserable garret
Sara Crewe is a Cinderella figure . . . She is intelligent and good humoured with an infectious warmth that embraces the lowliest of her new acquaintances. The sunshine continues when impoverishment and drudgery befall her and she relies on her private fantasies to preserve her natural zest for life
I'd read Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden and loved it - so I tried A Little Princess and liked it even more!