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Heidi (Scholastic Junior Classic)
by Johanna Spyri
Description:
Heidi, an orphan, goes to live with her cranky grandfather high in the Alps. She is happy and healthy, until she is sent to live with a rich family as a companion for a sick girl, Clara. Although she grows fond of the girl, she is incredibly homesick. She eventually returns to the Alps and finds happiness in the natural mountain setting.
Reading Guide:
Children Read Themselves: 5-8
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About The Author
Johanna Louise Spyri was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children’s stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. She died at 7 July,1901.
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