["The Shooting Star" tells of when Annagret and her mother were getting over pneumonia and] were sent from their German home to the mountain village of Arosa in Switzerland for three months convalescence…. [Annagret's discovery of Alpine pleasures and] her new friendships constitute a deceptively simple story with … warmth and unself-conscious goodness…. The effect upon Annagret of the beautiful mountain country is conveyed with rare skill.