Sarah Orne Jewett places her most famous short story, A White Heron, in her native Maine. Originally published in 1886, it's a coming-of-age story about a young city girl now living with her grandmother in the country. She comes out of her shell in nature, more comfortable with...
Sylvia, a shy child of the woods, keeps the secret of the rare white heron in this classic tale.
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.