The Princess and the Suffragette

It is 1913, nine years after the end of A Little Princess saw Sara Crewe escape Miss Minchin's orphanage.

Lottie, the smallest girl from the original story, learns about the Suffragette movement from Sara, who returns to visit from time to time.

Soon Lottie finds herself sneaking out of the orphanage to attend a demonstration, in defiance of her cold, distant father. A father who has a secret to hide about her own missing mother...

It's a story about lost mothers turning up in unexpected situations, the power of friendship and female empowerment.

• Revisit beloved characters and meet some new ones in this retelling of the classic story, A Little Princess.
• The original book by Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of the most loved children's classics of all time.
• Holly Webb has previously published a sequel to the classic novel The Secret Garden called Return to the Secret Garden.