Blue Heron [Paperback]

Avi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Camelot (1997)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000KI2SOI
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Avi has published more than sixty books. Among them is Crispin: The Cross of Lead, winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Other novels with nineteenth-century settings, like The Traitors' Gate -- his grand nod to the work of Charles Dickens -- are listed before the title page, and include the Newbery Honor Book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi and his family live in Denver, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, October 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Heron (Hardcover)

I read this book in fifth grade and I still remember it. Something about it really startled me and I think it was the first time I could understand the reality and metaphor of this book simultaneously. After I finished it, I lay on my bed in silence because it had shaken my spirit so much. It's a descriptive and entertaining story, but don't read it if you don't want to think.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avi has done it again!, February 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Heron (Paperback)

This book was honestly one of the best books that I have ever read. Avi is great at coming up with interesting and diverse families. I could not believe how Avi could come up with caring and emotional Maggie, her raging father, Karen, Maggie`s responsible and loving step mother, and little Linda, who was caught up in the midst of all the fighting and emotion. From this book, you learned all about Maggie, the pressure that was put on her and her family and also the omen, the graceful heron. The question that you are left with at the end of the book is, does the Heron mean life or death? That`s why I liked this book, you must decide.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avi has done it again!, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Heron (Hardcover)

I thought "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" couldn't be topped. I was proved wrong. This book delivers an amazing story that relates to the world today. Although the beginning is a little slow, you are soon drawn into a magical, yet down to earth story that adults and children alike will enjoy.