Lucy Peterson, the daughter of a career Army man, has always been devoted to academics and tennis, but when her tennis ability wins her a scholarship to an elite Swiss boarding school, distranctions abound and her hardest task is telling friend from foe.
a Tibetan family's epic journey from oppression to freedom
Brauen, Yangzom
2011
A memoir and portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom. Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. When soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, Kunsang and her family fled across the Himalayas only to spend years in Indian refugee camps. This is a vivid glimpse of life in rural Tibet before the arrival of the Chinese in 1950.
Little Heidi, living happily with her Grandfather in the Swiss Alps, is taken away to a big city where she experiences a deep longing for her beloved home.
Describes the history, geographical features, family life, traditions, food, celebrations, and industry of Switzerland, as well as its four ethnic groups and their languages.
An abbreviated version of the tale of the Swiss orphan who 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.
After Heidi, an orphan, builds a strong bond with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, she is sent into town to attend school and be a friend to a wealthy man's daughter, who is restricted to a wheelchair, but Heidi's health begins to fail as her desire to return to her home in the mountains increases.
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.
