She has agoraphobia.Īlexander "Zander": An older boy who lives in Heidi's apartment building. She likes Jujyfruit candies but dislikes buses (see Diane DeMuth).īernadette "Bernie" (called Dette by Sophia): Heidi's next-door neighbour who acts as mother or guardian to Heidi. She is kind and loving, even though she has a very limited vocabulary and little ability to learn. Sophia Lynne DeMuth (called Mama by Heidi Soof by Elliot Precious Bouquet or just Precious by Bernadette and So Be It by herself): Heidi's mentally disabled mother. A twelve-year-old girl, she is kind, courageous, extremely lucky and determined. Heidi DeMuth (originally known as Heidi It): The main character in the story. Heidi sets out to discover her family's history and origins and travels on her own from Reno, Nevada to Liberty, New York to visit the group home in the photographs she discovered in her house. Heidi has no information about her family, other than what her mother says through her 23-word vocabulary, including the word soof. She and her mother are taken care of by their next-door neighbour, Bernadette after the two appeared at her door when Heidi was a newborn. Heidi is a twelve-year-old girl with a mentally disabled mother, but who is otherwise extremely lucky. The book recounts the story of a young girl's relationship with her disabled mother, her quest to learn more about her family, and her desire to discover the truth.
It received awards in Illinois (the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award ) and Kansas (the William Allen White Children's Book Award ). It is a children's novel by Sarah Weeks, released in 2004.
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