- Fiction, Herons, Juvenile fiction, Hunters
A nine-year-old New England girl has to decide whether or not she will help the ornithologist who is searching for the rare white heron.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Sarah Orne Jewett
- First published
- 1886
- Pages
- 62
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press, David R. Godine, Walker
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780871919663
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