Sophie and her family embark on a long voyage .But the ship is wrecked in a raging storm.Only the little girl and her father seem to have survived the disaster.
Sophie and her cruel stepmother are back in France .Meanwhile,Madame De Fleurville ,Camille and Madeleine welcome their new friends, Marguerite and her mother,Madame De Rosbourg ,in their castle.
Madame Fichini takes Sophie to Madame De Fleurville 's castle where she meets her little friends again.But Sophie crushes Camille's flowers ,and it starts a quarrel.
In Madame De Fleurville's castle, Sophie gorges herself on blackcurrant and gets indigestion.When her three friends want to make cherry jam for a poor woman ,the selfish girl says it's too good a food for a wretch.
Sophie spends Winter with Madame De Fleurville and her friends in a town house in Paris.Despite her pleasure to see the capital, her past comes back to haunt her,almost ceaselessly.
Sophie is relieved when she learns that her stepmother,about to marry a Russian prince ,does not want to take care of her anymore.In the wood, with her friends and their mothers,she meets a poor adolescent.
Paul is legally adopted by Monsieur De Rosbourg.In spite of Madame De Fleurville who tells her that affection is worth all the papers in the world,Sophie fears her stepmother's return.
Paul helps Leon regain his self-confidence and his self-esteem ; after a fight against four cowards ,Sophie's cousin strikes up a great friendship with him.
Madame De Fichini comes back but she is terminally ill and Madame De Fleurville adopts Sophie.Ten years after , all Sophie's friends and family are gathered for a feast.
