Lucy and Gloria are sisters and the best of friends. They have no one but each other to rely on. They have little to eat and their nights are cold and damp. To keep their spirits up Lucy invents stories about a family she can hardly remember -- and a lost doll named Morning Glory who Lucy is sure they will find one day. When a deadly fever sweeps through the house where they live, Lucy and Glory flee to the streets of London when they must learn how to survive on their own. They find an old, discarded doll by the river and Glory is sure that itis their long lost doll. But Morning Glory is no ordinary doll...And she works her magic on everyone around her.