Happy Six Pence

After the death of her parents, Beatrice Travers is left in the care of her grandmother and aunt. A few years later, her grandmother finds herself on the verge of financial ruin and is forced to give her granddaughter into the care of distant relatives. Twelve-year-old Beatrice from the English countryside is set to travel to faraway America. Meanwhile, there is a war for independence in full swing there. Furthermore, her cousin John, who will become her guardian, is expecting not a girl, but one of her brothers… The young heroine finds herself in a dizzying whirlpool of events.