Heidi, English edition

Heidi is five when she is sent to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut in the Alps. She quickly grows to love her carefree life with him in the mountain air, and the old man comes to love her, too. They are both unhappy when Heidi is sent away again, to a family in town, but she soon manages to get home to her Alpsýand to share her happiness with her new friends.Eva Ibbotson is the author of books published to wide acclaim in Great Britain and the U.S.