A Little Princess

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Darkest Hour: When Sara's attic party is caught and Sara is subjugated to another day without food, and Sara glumly tries to sleep to dream of something nice.

Some of the new additions resembles the 1978 anime version: the addition of a street boy among Sara's friends, Sara's dangerous illness, her departure from the institute, her forgiveness for every mean character and her huge donation to the school. When will a publisher be aware of the existence of these pictures, and use them for an original, English publication? When he's away on royal business, everyone tries to make up a bedtime story for the Little Princess, but no one is as good as her dad. Furthermore, Sara's personality has been made significantly more obedient and kind than in the novel.Possibly the greatest moment of coincidence is not necessarily important to the plot: a hungry Sara comforts herself with a fantasy of finding a lost sixpence, taking it to a bakery, and eating six buns without stopping. Sara now slept in an unheated attic, wore clothes that were too small for her, was out running errands in all weather and was given little food to eat.

The cook wastes no time mistreating Sara, rubbing in her former status frequently and denying her dinner after Sara fails to obtain parsley. Escapism: Sara goes from being wealthy, well-respected, and popular to a scullery maid in a single day.

It's about a little girl who goes to stay at a boarding school but life for her gets harder after she loses her princess status. I think I confused the plot of this with A Little Princess somewhat, as there are several attempts from the girls to escape and I kept half-expecting Sara to do the same, or for her father to not really be dead.