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Heidi is an orphan who is sent to live with her gruff, hermit grandfather in the Swiss Alps Mountains. She learns to love the country and fresh air, and she learns to love her grandfather as well. Heidi is happy until her aunt sends her away to live with strangers in the city-there Heidi is a companion to Clara, a handicapped girl. Clara teaches Heidi to read and to write and in turn, Heidi helps Clara to walk . . . but will Heidi ever get to return to her home with her grandfather in the mountains? Adapted for today's modern beginning reader with simpler sentences and easy-to-understand vocabulary.

Five-year-old Heidi, an orphan, has been sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. All of his neighbors fear him, but Heidi knows he is kind at heart, and the two learn to live happily together. Heidi loves her life, but soon her aunt takes her away and forces Heidi to work for strangers in town as a companion to their handicapped daughter, Clara. Heidi befriends Clara and begins to learn to read and write, but she is also homesick for her grandfather and best friend, a goat-herd. Will she ever make it back to her beloved mountain home?

Johanna Spyri's classic tale has been adapted into an easy-reading Stepping Stones format, while keeping all the love, friendship, and adventure of the original book.

JOHANNA SPYRI (1827-1901) is an icon in Switzerland and around the world. She wrote more than 50 stories for children and adults.

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