When Bonnie's parents depart Willoughby Chase for an ocean voyage, she and her orphan cousin Sylvia are left in the charge of new governess, Miss Slighcarp. More merciless and cruel than the hungry wolves that roam the countryside, Miss Slighcarp plans to send the girls away to a place where they will never be found...
Can they escape with the help of Simon, the goose-boy from the woods?