Heidi’s parents passed away while she was only a one-year-old girl. Heidi is sweet-tempered and enjoyed her life a lot, that makes people like her. She became friends with a boy named Peter who lived in the mountains. One day, Aunt Dete took Heidi away to Frankfurt to live with a rich family and their invalid daughter, Clara, who has to sit in the wheelchair. Heidi makes friends with her and learns to read, and was also happy living there. But she is homesick, she missed her grandfather, Peter, and the views of the mountains. One morning, Clara told Heidi that the maid saw a ghost during night…… This is an interesting book. The main character, Heidi, made her grandfather who has a bad temper cheerful. I think the author wants us to learned from Heidi of her optimism and caring heart.
Heidi
By Johanna Spyri
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 9 | n/a | 8.2 | 89242 |
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Can Heidi find her way back to the purple mounatins of Switzerland to be with her grandfather again?
At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather; can she find a way back up the mountain, where she belongs?"
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This book is about a little girl named Heidi who goes to live with her grandfather. It's very heartwarming and I loved it. I gave it four stars because it was sad.
Is happily ever after really possible when everything in life is playing against you? Heidi is a really fantastic book filled with joy and the unexpected. Twist and turns really make this book alive and into appearance. It gives a clear impact on the phrases it uses to emphasize the climax on the audience, giving visuality into our eyes using strong command terms to feel the emotions with the main character.
Warning! This review contains spoilers (not that it matters because there's absolutely no suspense in this book whatsoever). There's this little girl named Heidi, and both of her parents died when she was a baby. So went to go live with her aunt and her grandmother (on her mom's side). But then her grandmother dies. So, her aunt sends her to live with her grandfather (on her dad's side). Her grandfather lives in the mountains, and everyone who lives near him says he's really mean. But Heidi's aunt doesn't care and sends her to live with him anyway. Heidi then makes friends with a boy named Peter and his grandmother. After Heidi has lived with her grandfather for a few years, her aunt comes back. Then she basically takes her to live with some random rich people, so there daughter will have a companion. What I thought of it: This book was extremely boring. Heidi was an extremely irritating character. She basically prances around bringing joy and sunshine to everyone she comes in contact with for no apparent reason. It's like everyone loves her and no one knows why. Then, eventually, in addition to going around bringing joy to everyone, she starts going around and preaching to everyone. She's probably no more than 10 years old, and suddenly (after one talk with a girl's grandmamma) she knows everything about God. It's absolutely ridiculous. Also, she just magically learns how to read in two seconds. One minute she's completely illiterate, and the next, she's the world's best reader. What up with that? Not to mention the fact that she's a total jerk. Once some of her new friends come to visit her, she starts completely (and pretty much without a reason), ignoring her friend Peter. This causes Peter to become VERY angry. I mean some of his reactions were a bit extreme, but he definitely had a right to be mad. And Heidi just continues to prance around as if nothing has happened. I mean she never even addresses the fact that he's angry. Ever. But there was one thing that REALLY bothered me about this situation. When Heidi wanted Peter to do something, and he refused, she had the nerve to threaten him! And he listened! I really couldn't believe it. But for now, I'm going to take break from talking about Heidi, and talk about the other characters. Heidi's grandfather was completely inconsistent character. He was said to have been really mean, but he's never portrayed doing anything mean. As soon as Heidi shows up he pretty much welcomes her with open arms. Then when she leaves, he says he never wants to see her again. But then she comes back again, he's perfectly happy to see her. People are always saying how terrible he is, but we never see him do anything terrible. I mean the writer meant to write him as one of those "Don't judge a book by it's cover" character, but did a really bad job. I also didn't like the fact that Heidi's friend Klara just came to the mountains and magically got better. I mean the girl couldn't walk her entire life, and then she comes to the mountains and has the ability to walk by the end of the summer. Yet another unrealistic thing that happened in this book to add to the list. I could go on forever picking out the flaws in this book, but I think I'm going to go ahead and wrap this review up. I can't help but feel that this entire book was just completely dedicated to making Heidi seem like she was a perfect little angel, when in reality, she was a total brat. I mean they never addressed any of her flaws. But instead, they tried (and failed) to completely cover them all up. The morals of the story seemed to be: Trust in God and he will fix all your problems (which isn't a bad thing, but they could have portrayed that in a way that wasn't completely preachy. I mean they pretty much had the same conversation over and over with different people.), The mountains are a magical place and if you go there all your health issues will magically disappear, and Heidi is the best thing since sliced bread. You should love her with all her heart even though she doesn't really have any really good character traits. Overall, it was a very boring and preachy book, and I have no idea why this is a classic. On second thought, it being boring and preachy is probably the very reason it's a classic.
That's a long but accurate review
I think this book is a true masterpiece it shows exactly Heidi's point of view of how she loves the little town and enjoys her time with the alm uncle peter and the grandmother she loves goat milk and can create much joy of the goats and I cant wait for more adventures that awaits.
it is about a girl whose name is heidi and a boy whose name peter.Peter is a boy who is taking care of the goats and they will everyday will go together every day ..................................
I read it when i was around 9 years. Speaking the truth its kinda boring....
I really like this book! Its such a touching story. It teaches u such a valuable lesson of thinking positive about any situation and to be satisfied with what u have. Heidi is such a happy little girl!
I've read this book before and I've found it an amazing book. It was very detailed and interesting it is one the best books i've ever read. I highly recommend it!!
This is a great book! Its about a little orphaned girl who is sent to her grandfather on the mountain. She meets lots of new people and loves living with her grandpa. Its a good book for girls ages 9-12.