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  Time Quintet: Book 1

  A Wrinkle in Time

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. She claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which is like a wrinkle in... (more)
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  Time Quintet: Book 2

  A Wind in the Door

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  A Wind In The Door is a fantastic adventure story involving Meg Murry, her small  brother Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe, the chief characters of A Wrinkle In Time. The seed from which the story grows is the rather ordinary situation of Charles Wallace's difficulty in adapting to school. He is  extremely bright, so much so that he gets punched around a lot for being "different." He is also strangely,... (more)
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  Time Quintet: Book 3

  A Swiftly Tilting Planet

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he must accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war--unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change one of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this extraordinary young man psychically enters four... (more)
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  Time Quintet: Book 4

  Many Waters

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden, make an occasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing especially interesting has happened to the twins until they accidentally interrupt their father's experiment. Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. They find themselves alone in the desert, where, if they believe in unicorns,... (more)
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  Time Quintet

  The Wrinkle in Time Quintet

  A Wrinkle in Time / A Wind in the Door / A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Many Waters / An Acceptable Time

  by Madeleine L'Engle

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  Time Quintet: Book 5

  An Acceptable Time

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Polly's visit to her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious stangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.
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  The Austin Family Chronicles: Book 4

  A Ring of Endless Light

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  The cycle of life and death becomes a difficult burden for Vicky Austin as she watches her grandfather dying, but the opportunity for joy and renewal open up as she assists her friend Adam with his dolphins. Newbery Honor Book. Reprint. AB.
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  Crosswicks Journal: Book 1

  Circle of Quiet

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  This journal shares fruitful reflections on life and career prompted by the author's visit to her personal place of retreat near her country home.
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  The Austin Family Chronicles: Book 5

  Troubling a Star

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  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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  The Arm of the Starfish

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  A marine biology student reporting to his summer job on an island off Portugal finds himself at the center of a power struggle between his boss and another group of Americans.
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  Vigneras: Book 2

  A Severed Wasp

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Katherine Forrester Vigneras, in a continuation of her story from The Small Rain, returns to New York City from Europe to retire. Now in her seventies, she encounters an old friend from her Greenwich Village days who, it turns out, is the former Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This leads to new demands on her resources--human, artistic,... (more)
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  Crosswicks Journal: Book 3

  The Irrational Season

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  The third volume of L'Engle's autobiography is a gifted and courageous writer's personal odyssey through the seasons of the Christian year. A great evil of our time, she convincingly asserts, is the ever-widening rift between intellect and intuition, sadly reflected in the division of Christendom, the breaking up of our families, and the loss of community everywhere.
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  Vigneras: Book 1

  The Small Rain

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult books include A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Planet and Certain Women. The Small Rain, an adult novel, focuses on Katherine Forrester, the daughter of distinguished musical artists, whose career as a concert pianist evolves through loves and losses. Katherine is a child growing up in a refined, yet bohemian, artistic ambience — theatrical as well as musical ... Her adolescence... (more)
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  Dragons in the Waters

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  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 Simon Bolivar.
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  The Austin Family Chronicles: Book 3

  The Young Unicorns

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  A plot to rule New York City places the Austin family in terrifying danger.
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  Walking on Water

  Reflections on Faith and Art

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  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.
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  Glimpses of Grace

  Daily Thoughts and Reflections

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  For half a century, Madeleine L'Engle has spun magic with words, touching millions of lives and earning a devoted readership with her award-winning fiction, candid reflections on her personal and family life and graceful meditations on faith.Now, Glimpses of Grace captures the essence of L'Engle's literary gift in one unprecedented volume. Ranging freely throughout L'Engle's remarkable lifework of more than 40... (more)
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  The Austin Family Chronicles: Book 1

  Meet the Austins

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  The moment Maggy Hamilton steps into the happy  lives of the Austin family, she disrupts their  harmonious world, bringing with her all the sullenness  and insolence of her own  misery. Vicky Austin knows she should sympathize with  Maggy for being an orphan, but she can't help but  resent her for making life so difficult. It looks like  Maggy may be a member of the family for a long  time, possibly forever.... (more)
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  The Other Dog

  by Madeleine L'Engle, Christine Davenier

  Touche L'Engle-Franklin is confused: Her mistress goes away for several days—and then returns with another dog. But this dog doesn't have a tail. She doesn't have much hair. And she never has to go outside when it's raining. What on earth could the family want with that inferior breed known as Baby? Based on the true tale of her own poodle's experience coping with a new baby in the house, Newbery-winning author... (more)
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  A Wrinkle in Time Quartet

  A Wrinkle in Time / A Wind in the Door / A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Many Waters

  by Madeleine L'Engle

  4 books in the set.