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Heidi

Heidi( )
Author: Stephens, Sarah Hines
Spyri, Johanna
Series title:Scholastic Junior Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-439-22506-9
Publication Date:Jul 2002
Publisher:Scholastic, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $3.99
Book Description:

Heidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her cranky grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps. Soon she is happy and healthy, leading a carefree life with her grandfather, her new friend, Peter, and the goats on the Alm.But Heidi's happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for a sick girl, Clara. Although she grows fond of the older girl, Heidi is terribly homesick. She eventually returns to the Alps and finds happiness once again...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Places / Europe
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.26 x 7.57 x 0.34 Inches
Book Weight:0.2 Pounds
Author Biography
Stephens, Sarah Hines (Author)
Johanna Spyri was born in the village of Hirzel, Switzerland on June 12, 1827. She was tutored at home and attended school both at home and in Zurich. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and moved to Zurich. She wrote her first story, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, in 1871. She wrote numerous stories for both children and adults, but her most famous work was Heidi, which was published in 1880. Both her husband and son died in 1884. She spent her remaining years writing, raising her niece, and doing charity work. She died on July 7, 1901.

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