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The story of a young houseboy growing up in Sri Lanka during a turbulent time of political unrest.

Amelia Bedelia, the new maid, is so eager to please that she follows instructions to the letter.

A literal-minded housekeeper attempts to make sense of supposedly simple instructions--such as "Dust the furniture" and "Draw the drapes"--and causes a ruckus in the household.

A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

Zita, cast aside by her father and raised as a kitchen maid, learns when she is nearly twelve that she is a princess and that her twelve sisters love her, and so when she discovers they are victims of an evil enchantment, she desperately tries to save them. Inspired by the Grimm fairy tale, "The twelve dancing princesses.".

Princess Wisdom, who yearns for a life of adventure beyond the kingdom of Montagne, Tips, a soldier keeping his true life secret from his family, Fortitude, an orphaned maid who longs for Tips, and Magic the cat form an uneasy alliance as they try to save the kingdom from certain destruction. Told through diaries, memoirs, encyclopedia entries, letters, biographies, and a stage play.

Zita, cast aside by her father and raised as a kitchen maid, learns when she is nearly twelve that she is a princess and that her twelve sisters love her, and so when she discovers they are victims of an evil enchantment, she desperately tries to save them. Inspired by the Grimm fairy tale, "The twelve dancing princesses.".

Admiring the dolls in a dollhouse, Sarah is transformed into the servant doll through the magic spell of a mischievous mouse.