A King receives refuses to listen to claims from his barons and other powerful members of his kingdom that his thirty-three daughters are wicked, for they are clever and outspoken, and they work hard to elevate the status of women and the poor, acts which the barons find threatening. When the barons kidnap all thirty-three daughters, the kind but dimwitted king must figure out how to rescue them.

Grade school girls at an ordinary Catholic school discover a nearby forest that turns them into Giants during recess. After the girls start to get injured, they have to decide if being free today is worth never being a giant again.