num_pages: 256
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
characters: Peter, Clara, Heidi, Uncle Alm
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Childrens Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 195043
places: Switzerland
series: Heidi
publisher: Children's Classics