User blog:InvaderrrZIM/Need help remembering a book title!

Gahhhh, this has been killing me this past year, and it's especially been eating me this past week. There's this book whose title I just can't remember. I read it in like, 3rd or 4th grade for my reading class.

Anyway, here's the summary that I remember (also there are different versions/endings to the story, but the general plotline remains the same):

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Summary

There's this girl who has a father who (I think) is in the military, the rank of Captain comes to mind. He has to leave his daughter in like a boarding school or something for a while. Life is good at first - the girls and the headmistress or something treats her with respect. Everyone there is apparently rich, including the girl. Unfortunately, the girl's father contracts yellow fever and dies, leaving the girl with no money to pay for the boarding school. Now, since she's not rich anymore, the other kids treat her like poo, including the headmistress. They make the girl do dirty chores and stuff, making her miserable.

I can't remember anything past this, but I remember in one film version, the girl finds her father alive in a hospital. I'm pretty sure in the novel versions, the father remains dead.

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Ahhhh, sorry the descriptions not so great lol. It's been a long time since I read it. Anyone know any stories/novels that sorta fit this description?