Sad Books Say So Much

In which an unloved youngest child, unrecognized for her shrewdness, unappreciated for her eccentricity, finds a new and improved family while learning to ignore considerations of convention, tradition, class, race and sexual orientation, in favour of one abiding principle - do unto others as they have done unto you.

OK, so it wasn't outstanding.  All right, so it probably would go over the heads of its target market (12 year old girls!)  It was cute, funny, sweet and satisfying - and sometimes, that's all you need.