Book Review of 'Heidi' by Johanna Spyri
Premise: Five-year-old Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps. She quickly learns to love her new life with him. But her strict aunt decides that Heidi must be sent away again, to live in town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains and is determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather. Picturesque and Classical This book begins with a little Swiss girl, five-year-old Heidi who is sent by her aunt after her parents pass away, to live with her estranged grandfather who lives in an isolated hut high in the Alps, away from the rest of the village. His troubled past and his grief over his son’s death makes him reclusive but Heidi immediately loves her carefree life in the mountains with her grandfather, and he comes to like her too. So they are both upset when Heidi’s aunt takes her away and sends her to live with a rich family she had worked for, in a city. My favorite part of the book was when Heidi gets back to the ...