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Troubling a Star
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The Austin Family Chronicles: Book 5

Troubling a Star (1994) (edit title/settings)

by Madeleine L'Engle (Author) (edit contributors)

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Political intrigue and duplicity are waiting for Vicky Austen as she travels to the Antarctic to visit her friend, Adam, who is stationed there as a marine biologist. By the Newbery Medalist for A Wrinkle in Time. Reprint. VY. K.

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After a year in New York and a summer on her grandfather's island, Vicky Austin is finally back home in Connecticut and getting into the normal swing of things. However, normalcy is traded in for adventure when Adam Eddington's Aunt Serena, befriends Vicky and gives her a cruise to Antarctica... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

After a year in New York and a summer on her grandfather's island, Vicky Austin is finally back home in Connecticut and getting into the normal swing of things. However, normalcy is traded in for adventure when Adam Eddington's Aunt Serena, befriends Vicky and gives her a cruise to Antarctica for her birthday. Adam is working in Antarctica on a marine biology project and Vicky soon discovers that the Eddington family has a long and dangerous history wrapped up in the icy continent. She knows that some people on the cruise ship aren't who they seem, and that some might even mean her harm and it might be too late by the time she figures out who to trust.

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The iceberg was not a large one, but it was big enough so that the seal and I were not crowded, and I was grateful for that.

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This is book 5 of 7 in The Austin Family Chronicles. (standard series)

Preceded by A Ring of Endless Light.

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  1. Madeleine L'Engle (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0374377839
Page Count: 304

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