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When five year old Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather high up in the Alps, no one really knows how they will get on.
Even though her grandfather can be fierce, Heidi loves it up in the beautiful Alps, playing with the goats and birds.
But when her strict aunt decides that she must leave her mountain home, Heidi is determined to return to her happy life with her grandfather.
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This book is part of a book series called The Sisterhood .
This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.
There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi.
This book contains the following story:
Heidi
After her parents die, Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss mountains with her bad-tempered old Grandfather. Heidi is scared but things are not as bad as they first appear. Every day she plays in the field with the friendly goat boy and at the end of each she eats her grandfather's delicious cheese and bread and drinks his creamy goats milk. Then she climbs into the hayloft and falls asleep under the stars. One day her aunt returns and demands that Heidi return with her to the city as a companion to a crippled girl, Clara. Heidi likes Clara but she pines for her life with her grandfather and Clara's family worry about her. One day they take both Clara and Heidi to the mountain home for a visit. Clara is so delighted with the village that she is allowed to stay with Heidi and her grandfather. Every day Clara and Heid play in the field with the friendly goat boy, Peter, and at the end of each they eat grandfather's delicious cheese and bread and drink his creamy goats milk. But Peter is jealous and pushes Clara's wheelchair down the mountain. Clara is forced to learn to walk. When her parents return to collect her they are overjoyed at her progress.
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