莎拉·克魯常常告訴自己:「我要像個公主一樣,無論遇到什麼事。」遠離父親,寄宿學校的生活讓莎拉十分孤單,幸好她喜歡編故事,也因此交到不少朋友。但父親的死訊改變了一切,莎拉被迫成為僕人,失去美好的一切。面對貧困與辛苦,莎拉是否能靠想像力撐過難關?‘I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one’Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at boarding school. Luckily Sara is always dreaming up wonderful things and her power of telling stories wins her lots of friends. When a letter arrives that brings disastrous news, the wicked headmistress Miss Minchin forces Sara to become a servant. Her lovely clothes and toys are taken away from her. She must work from dawn until midnight. How will Sara cope with her new found poverty? Can her imagination help her overcome this horrible situation?Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can read why Jacqueline Wilson loves this book and find out which pupil of Sara's school you are most like.Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the