When Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's boarding school, the well-to-do student has every material comfort that her doting father can buy as well as the headmistress's fawning approval. But when Sara falls upon hard times and is left to the mercy of the suddenly vindictive headmistress, she must rely on her optimistic outlook, lively imagination, and innate goodness to see her through a reversal of fortunes. br English-born novelist and playwright Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849-1924 wrote dozens of warmhearted books and is best known for her three children's classics iA Little Princess, The Secret Garden, iand iLittle Lord Fauntleroy. iThe National Education Association selected iA Little Princessi as one of its Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children, and a survey by iSchool Library Journali ranked it as number 56 among its Top 100 Children's Novels. Frequently adapted for stage and screen, it remains a favorite with dreamers of all ages.