Dalene Irvine

Kelly Collins, an artistic, fashion-minded teen who's forced to go from flashy fab to olive drab at her new stepdad's military academy. As the clumsiest, most clueless recruit ever to botch basic training, Kelly seems to be fighting an uphill battle to fit in. But it's all-out war when she butts heads with Cadet Captain Stone, a tough-as-nails, by the book "commanding officer" determined to break her spirit. (Disney)

A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression. (imdb)