What is the author's style in A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt?

Voigt uses simple and easy-to-understand language and dialogue for much of her novel, but also employs powerful images and symbolism which make the work much richer. The symbol of the blue heron, from which the novel gets its name, appears frequently throughout the novel to underline Jeff's sense of solitude and isolation, and the symbol serves as a marker to the reader of how Jeff is dealing with these feelings. To emphasize Jeff's vulnerability, Voigt uses images of breaking and cracking whenever Jeff feels attacked, and this allows the reader to connect the incidents and understand them as part of a big picture. Voigt has an interest in the physical appearance of places and things and uses powerful descriptive prose liberally throughout the novel.