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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901
Other Authors:	Pacinelli, Donna (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Parsippany, N.J. : Unicorn Pub. House, c1986.
Subjects:	Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction. Mountain life > Switzerland > Juvenile fiction. Orphans > Juvenile fiction. Switzerland > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Physical Description:	214 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	0881010596 :
Author Notes:	Johanna Spyri was born in the village of Hirzel, Switzerland on June 12, 1827. She was tutored at home and attended school both at home and in Zurich. She married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer, in 1852 and moved to Zurich. She wrote her first story, A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, in 1871. She wrote numerous stories for both children and adults, but her most famous work was Heidi, which was published in 1880. Both her husband and son died in 1884. She spent her remaining years writing, raising her niece, and doing charity work. She died on July 7, 1901. (Bowker Author Biography)