The Swiss writer Johanna Spyri wrote numerous stories, poems, and songs for children and young people. Her character "Heidi" was already a great success during Spyri's lifetime and has made her world-famous to this day. The volume "Heimatlos" was published in 1878 and is one of Spyri's earlier works. The book contains the two stories "At Lake Sils and Lake Garda" and "How Wiseli's Path is Found." The stories tell of children who must take their lives into their own hands: The brave orphan boy Rico from the Engadin sets out on his own to find his father's hometown. With the help of his best friend Stineli and the kind-hearted Mrs. Menotti, he learns in Peschiera at Lake Garda about long-ago events that give his life a surprising turn. The girl Wiseli, on the other hand, is taken to the house of...