Heidi (of the goats and the saintly ways and curmudgeony-but-secretly-loving grandfather) is a teenager living far from the Swiss Alps of [b:Heidi|93|Heidi (Kingfisher Classics)|Johanna Spyri|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156876971s/93.jpg|1738595]. But when Nazis come for her young charges, she and her old friend Peter set off on a dangerous trek across a barren landscape to reach the safety of her former mountain home.

This book is probably why I am still, to this day, intensely afraid of frostbite. Nowhere near as engaging as the original story of Heidi, but I'm a sucker for adventures about strong-principled girls who accomplish incredible acts of physical courage. ( )