Katy Carr has grand plans to be beautiful, graceful and ladylike . .
. one day! But for now she has hair that is always tangled, bootlaces undone, a torn dress and she doesn't care about being well-behaved. With a wild imagination and high spirits, she is always up to mischief, but there never has been a heroine as lovable as Katy.
Then a terrible accident happens and it takes all her courage and hard-learned patience to keep her dreams alive.
