A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett; Abridged by Tania Zamorsky; Illustrated by Lucy Corvino; Afterword by Arthur Pober
	List Price:   $5.95 Unit Price:   $4.76 You Save:   $1.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   1402712758 ISBN-13:   9781402712753 Publisher:   Sterling Publishing Series:   Classic Starts Ser. Category:   Classics Pub. Date:   March 2005 Pages:   160 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 6
Subjects
Sara Crewe orphan
Description/Notes
An abridged version of the tale of Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, who is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor. Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series:Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete.Classic Startstreats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won children's hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.