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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
Victorian English; entirely clean
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Sara's fall from wealth to servant — she endures cold, hunger, and cruelty; handled with grace rather than trauma
What this book is about
Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's London boarding school as one of its wealthiest students when her father Captain Crewe is in India. When he dies penniless, Miss Minchin strips Sara of everything and sends her to live in the attic as a servant. Sara's response is to maintain her dignity, her imagination, and her generosity even in the worst circumstances — because, she tells herself, a princess is not defined by her circumstances but by how she behaves. Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel is about the power of inner life.
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Sara's poverty and mistreatment — endured with quiet strength
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