Wild Heather

"Wild Heather" by L. T. Meade is a book about Heather Grayson, an eight-year-old, who goes back to England with her father, Major Gordon Grayson, after living in India. She deals with the death of her mother and Aunt Penelope, who takes her in. Heather's father is kind, but her Aunt is strict. The setting of the book is family, belonging, and coming of age, as Heather shifts into adulthood and misses her mom and forming a relationship with her father and aunt. The book presents Heather as an imaginative, spirited child facing the challenges of adulthood and her aunt's expectations. Heather is trying to be a young lady while dealing with her Aunt and missing her father and her childhood.