Heidi
Contains the complete text of the story of a young girl from the Swiss Alps whose life takes a dramatic turn when she must go to live in the city, leaving behind the people and the mountains she loves, with annotations providing background information on the history, geography, social customs, and the arts of the era.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: grandfathers, mountain life, orphans [X], switzerland, switzerland fiction, alps fiction, family life [X], grandparent and child, alps, alps, swiss (switzerland), orphan, television movies, children's films, heidi (fictitious character : spyri), heidi (fictional character : spyri), heidi (fictitious character), alps (mountains), historical fiction
Eight Cousins, Or, The Aunt-hill
Rose Campbell, orphaned at thirteen, goes to live with her aunts Peace and Plenty while awaiting the return of her guardian, Uncle Alec, from abroad, and the lonely, sickly girl is soon swept up in the adventures of her seven lively boy cousins, and influenced by the cheerful attitude of Phebe, a young housemaid.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1260
subjects: family life [X], cousins, orphans [X], families, new england fiction, historical fiction, girls, children of the rich, new england