Blue Heron

We loved the book but it is a low quality print.

Blue Heron by AviHave read other author's works and have enjoyed them all. This one is about Maggie and they are spending time at the shore and she has a new sister.Magic and her father, she believes in all. Her mother gave her a crystal that is pure magic in her pocket. She travels to visit her father and step mother from Seattle all the way to MA. The shore will have much magic.Very familiar to the area as we live nearby. It's interesting how the descriptions are so detailed-we tend to take things like the countryside for granted at times.The heron has a magic all it's own and she wants to save her father....he spends much time on the phone doing work. She entertains herself as the stepmother is always busy with the new baby.She studies the heron and discovers lots of things about how the bird lives and survives in the marsh.She discovers many treasures and she also finds out her ailing father has not been taking his medicines! Someone has also been shooting arrows at the heron! Magic happens!I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

It's a good story

Although this book seems thick compared weth other YA novels, these 186 pages read easily, thanks to extensive dialogue. Soon-to-be 13 Maggie feels like a "summer hostage" while visiting her father--a court-ordered social ritual which produces recurringmental anguish ever since her parents divorced when she was six. Clinging to her childhood memories of a game of Magic shared by her dad, Maggie dreads this visit to a rented cabin on a remote lake in Connecticut. There she will have to face a young step-mother and baby half-sister. Her stay will trigger explosive events which impact several lives and redefine already painful relationships. Seeking escape from the emotional turmoil in the cabin, Maggie is gradually captivated by the grace and quiet dignity of a blue heron, who rules the neighboring marsh. Soon she is obsessed by the giant bird--considering him an Omen, but for Life or for Death? Determined to win his trust, she daily observes him at dawn, discovering that he too has reason for private agitation. Maggie's investigations on his behalf demonstrate her budding moral courage, yet she also feels overwhlemed that they all seem to be asking for her help: the heron, her step-mother and even her belligerent father. Is this too great a burden for a young teen? There is no romance for Maggie on this vacation, but realization of her complex, extended-family roles. During most of the book she speaks to adults in unrevealing monosyllables; her vocabulary only comes alive when she interacts with kids. This book presents a gripping psycho-drama, as an ordinary girl suddenly comes of age. Perhaps Avi deliberately included a plea for wildlife conservation. BLUE HERON is probably of greater appeal to high school girls (who try to hide their true feelings from adults), despite the lack of love interest. Thoughtful insight into blended family dynamics.

Almost 13 year old Maggie,full name Margret,goes to her Dad's cabin on the lake for part of the summer.She lives in Seattle with her Mom.Maggie goes down to the marsh everyday at dawn and sits on the same rock and watches the bird the Blue Heron.Maggie falls in love with the bird.She and the bird started having a good friendship until a boy named Tucker came along. The main character in this story is maggie.Maggies dad has a wife named Joanna.Joanna has a baby named Linda.Maggie also has an enemy named tucker.She doesn't like him for a certain reason. This is a good book for childre probably 7 and up.I liked it for all it's details and creativity.I like the adventure in it. Highly recommended for kids who like adventure,magic and birds.

I liked Blue Heron because it was very interstering.I never knew what was going to happen next so I never stoped reading it. I like the way that the family was going throught hard times and the told eachother what their fellings were. I also like the way that the Maggie went to try to find Tucker and she found him. My favorite part was the end when they realized who much they loved eachother. I would tell everyone to read this book because it was so good. That was my thoughts on Blue Heron.

I read this book when I was thirteen. And since then, I've never read a book I thought was more pointless than this one. The writing isn't horrible, but the story goes nowhere and has almost no plot. More importantly, there's no resolution in the end. I found the characters to be completely unrealistic and almost no one underwent a change during the course of the story. I maintain that this is the worst book I've ever had to read in school.

My 12-year-old son had to read this book for a 7th grade assignment, and he and the 5 other 7th grade boys he spoke to about it found it pointless. He says the author carries on and on and is repetitive in scene taking place in the marsh. He thinks this book cannot be enjoyed by boys, and advises that boys should not bother reading it or they will fall asleep.