Madeleine L'Engle
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Language
English
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 2
Language
English
Description
With Meg Murray's help, the dragons her six year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.
3) Many waters
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 4
Language
English
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Description
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts roam the desert and a man named Noah is building a boat in preparation for a great flood.
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 3
Language
English
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The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry, her younger brother and a friend become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Edition
1st HarperCollins paperback ed.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him: King David. Comparing his own life to that of the biblical ruler, David recalls his own numerous wives and children, forcing his daughter Emma to confront the memories of her family's...
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Polly's stay with her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious strangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.
11) The other dog
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Series
Publisher
SeaStar Books
Language
English
Description
The family poodle protests at first when the master and mistress bring home a new "dog" to share the household.
13) Troubling a star
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had all missed the predictability and security of life in Thornhill, Vicky Austin is discovering that slipping back into her old life isn't easy. She's been changed by life in New York City and her travels around the country while her old friends seem to have stayed the same. So Vicky finds herself spending time with a new friend, Serena...
Author
Series
O'Keefe family volume 2
Publisher
Square Fish
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old boy's trip to Venezuela with his cousin culminates in murder and the discovery of an unexpected bond with an Indian tribe, dating from the days of Simón Bolívar.
Author
Series
Austin family books volume 3
Publisher
Dell Pub. Co
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old boy, former member of a tough New York gang, a blind and talented twelve-year-old musician, the Austin family, and Canon Tallis are among the key characters who become involved in a frightening and evil scheme relying on the ability of a refined laser to give complete power over people's minds. A plot to rule New York City places the Austin family in terrifying danger. They had been standing around the lamp, looking at Emily holding...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"This powerful collection of short stories traces an emotional arc inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's early life and career, from her lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mother in small-town Connecticut. In a selection of eighteen stories discovered by one of L'Engle's granddaughters, we see how L'Engle's personal experiences and abiding faith informed the creation of her many cherished works. Some of these stories have never been published;...
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Publisher
Grantravesía
Language
Español
Description
Meg Murry, nuestra protagonista, tiene problemas para adaptarse en la escuela, es difícil adivinar que sus padres son científicos. Papá desapareció tiempo atrás en extrañas circunstancias, pero mamá no ha perdido la esperanza de volver a verlo. Su hermano pequeño, Charles, es un niño prodigio; su mente posee una percepción excepcional que le permite ver más allá de las apariencias. Es esa habilidad la que les permitirá encontrarse con...
18) Meet the Austins
Author
Series
Austin family books volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday
Language
English
Description
Maggy Hamilton steps into the happy lives of the Austins and disrupts their harmonious world.
Author
Publisher
Convergent books
Edition
First Convergent books edition.
Language
English
Description
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art.