Sarah Crewe, a beautiful little girl who was born in
India, is sent to a
boarding school in
England, leaving her life in India and her father, Captain Crewe. Life is rather hard for Sarah, so he bought her a
doll named Emily. Sarah quickly became the center of attention at school and befriended almost all students, even the school's
scullery maid, Becky. The rich yet selfish Lavinia Herbert, once the most popular girl in school, grows jealous of Sarah. Sarah is then informed during her birthday party that her father died in a mining accident. Out of greed, Miss Minchin locked Sarah away in the attic, taking her possessions and forcing her into servitude to make her earn her keep, telling people outside that the girl had disappeared. Upon the downfall of her perceived rival, a gloating Lavinia and her coterie of girls then torment Sarah and Becky. In the end, her father's friend discovers that Sarah, the person they have been searching for a long time, lives just next door, and eventually adopts the girl to repay her father for saving him. Miss Minchin and Lavinia feel remorseful about their cruel actions and ask Sarah for forgiveness for all the cruelties they inflicted on her. ==Cast==