Meet Alice, who came from Epping to take scullery maid Becky’s place and who accomplishes the unthinkable. Author Hilary McKay re-read the classic tale “A little princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett with her own daughter and they both found themselves wanting more, and to find out what happened at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies after Sara Crewe was rescued by the mysterious Indian Gentleman and…guess what? Hilary McKay wrote the rest of the story! Enter these pages and discover the Ermengarde you never knew existed behind the dull exterior, the stammer, and the struggles with learning and with making friends an Ermengard with backbone and also a most wonderful Aunt Eliza. Have you ever finished a book and felt that there must be more to the story? Perhaps there were characters left behind and you wanted to know their stories, too.
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