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Title: Heidi : Derrydale Fairytales by Rene Cloke ISBN: 0-517-30779-0 Publisher: Crescent Pub. Date: 27 January, 1988 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (38 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: This book makes you Hungry to live in the Mountians!
Comment: Heidi is about a young girl that has lived with her Aunt Dete all of her life. Her Aunt has had enough of her so she sends her up a mountain to her Grandfather. The People of the town are very surprised at what Heidi's Aunt is about to do. They try to warn her but she won't listen. When Heidi and her Aunt get up the Alm, they find that the "Alm Uncle" is not very happy with their arrival. The Aunt doesn't care, she tells the Grandfather that she has taken care of the child long enough. She leaves and never comes back. After years of staying with her Granfather, Heidi learns how to live freely and finds new friends in high places. She learns about the mountains and the cold winters up on the Alm. As Heidi gets older her Aunt Dete comes up again and tells the Grandfather that Heidi needs to go to school. The Grandfather refuses, but eventually gives in. Dete takes Heidi to the city where she finds a new friend, Clara. Clara has to sit in a wheel chair. If you want to know why, read the book! Heidi gets into all kinds of mischieve there, she misses the mountains and can't understand why there aren't any trees. Heidi gets so homesick they have to send her back to the Alm. Clara and the other residents promise to visit her sometime in the summer. The book ends up that Clara and her Grandmother go and visit Heidi and they have the most wonderful time that they never wanted to leave. As there stay at the Alm goes on, the mountain air and hearty food strengthen Clara to where she can walk. Clara and her Grandmother leave with the promise of coming back again.

I really liked this book. It was very real, in a sense that brought you into the actual story. When I read the book, I almost wished I was there in the book listening to their conversations, or eating at their little dinner table. Whenever the book got to eating the meals, it was so real that I got hungry! I would definitely recommend this book to any age group. The author really describes the scenery to where you can picture it in your mind. I loved the book, and I am going to read again.

Rating: 4
Summary: Shaena at Richview Middle School
Comment: At the begining of this book Heidi is taken up the moutain to her grandfather's house by her cousin Detie. The first few days that she's there she meets Peter.Peter is always talking about his grannieso finally
Heidi goes to meet her. A little ways through this book Heidi's cousin Detie comes and takes her away to live with Clara,a young pralysed girl in the city. heidi becomes very sick while she's here and and starts to sleep walk. Clara decides that Heidi should go home. Well, while Heidi
was at Clara's they grew to have a strong frienship. Clara comes to visit Heidi in the mountains. While Clara is there Heidi teaches Clara how to walk. Clara sees how happy Heidi is in the mountains and lets her stay.Clara goes back home and Heidi gets to stay in the mountains with Grandfather,Peter,Grannie,etc.. i liked this book because as I thought
before I read it, it reminded me of my life. If my friends were to ask about this book I would tell them that it's a great selectionif they like life journey. My friends probably wouldn't like this book because they like horror stories. This book makes you hungry to live in the mountains.

Rating: 4
Summary: A Very Special Book
Comment: This was my mother's favorite book. She was often not well and was a voracious reader. As an only child, I, too devoured books as fast as I could find them. My house then, as now, is a tribute to the written word. I was named after the book, so naturally I read it numerous times, dreaming that I was the heidi in the book, running through the alpine meadows...basking in the grouchy love of my gradfather..being one with the surroundings. It's such a sweet book..a book of love and hope and overcoming all odds for the ones you love. How can you not love it! I always fantasized about finding my own Peter to live happily ever after with...running through fields, well, you get the idea.... Alas, the only Peter I ever found was a long-haul trucker with deprived teeth, seven piercings (two in places I cannot attest to) and tattoos from head to toe who played Aerosmith and Waylon Jennings as loud as he could. My God! My price has come!. Well, NOT!. Ah well. The search continues! By all means read the book to your children..or to yourself. It's worth the effort. It's nice to read books that leave you with a smile on your face.