num_pages: 192
description: The story of a pivotal summer for the thirteen-year-old Maggie tells how her fight to protect a solitary blue heron with which she identifies distracts her from dealing with strange new tensions in her family.
language: English
title: Blue Heron
titlecomplete: Blue Heron
genres: Family, Fiction, Juvenile, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Animals, Divorce, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 835
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing