num_pages: 240
description: Orphaned Heidi lives with her gruff but caring grandfather on the side of Swiss mountain, where she befriends young Peter the goat-herd. She leads an idyllic life, until she is forced to leave the mountain she has always known to go and live with a sickly girl in the city. Will Heidi ever see her grandfather again? A classic tale of a young girl's coming-of-age, of friendship, and familial love.
language: English
title: Heidi
titlecomplete: Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
characters: Heidi, Uncle Alm, Peter, Clara
genres: Fiction, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Juvenile, 19th Century, Historical, Childrens Classics, Young Adult, Classics
ratings_count: 195086
places: Switzerland
series: Heidi
publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd