Heather DeLoach

A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.