A sequel to the author's Heidi Grows Up, which is a continuation of Johanna Spyri's Heidi. Tells of the birth of Heidi's twins, the child Marta who comes to live with Heidi and her family, and the Alm-Uncle's secret.
Heidi, sent to boarding school in Lausanne to continue her education, dreams of returning to her village to teach school and to be with her grandfather and Peter.