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Madeleine L'Engle
Now in paperback! The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time reflects on the meaning of Christmas in an ever-changing modern world.
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The world already knows Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O'Keefe, and the three MrsNWho, Whatsit, and WhichNthe memorable and wonderful characters who fight off a dark force and save…
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Charles, 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 in this classic tale…
In this classic novel by a beloved author, Polly OUKeefe’s visit to her grandparents’ farm in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious strangers and…
With customary grace and firm control of an intricate plot, L'Engle has created another irresistible novel about familiar characters, the Austin family. Vicky, 16, narrates the climactic events with Grandfather…
This novel, one of the earliest works by the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time, is the story of a girl who, with the help of her first love…
Philippa is miserable at an all girls’ boarding school in Switzerland until she forms a supportive friendship with the mysterious Paul.
The follow-up to The Arm of the Starfish has Simon and the O'Keefes trying to find a stolen painting and a murderer, all while trapped aboard a ship.
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a ‘wrinkle in time’ for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge…
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Originally published: Illinois: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1980.
Providing inspiration and guidance for each day of the year, this collection of 365 writings– chosen superbly from L'Engle’s rich repository of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry ( Publishers Weekly )–is…
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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and…
Meg’s father mysteriously disappears after experimenting with the fifth dimension of time travel. Determined to rescue him, Meg and her friends must outwit the forces of evil on a heart-stopping…
Meg Murry can’t help but be worried when her six-year-old brother, Charles Wallace, announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden in this companion to LUEngle’s 1963 Newbery Medal-winning novel…
The 15-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…
The conclusion to the Polly O'Keefe stories that began with The Arm of the Starfish and Dragons in the Waters finds Polly taking an unforgettable trip to Europe, all by…
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.
Fifty years ago, L'Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe. Now their…
Features Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O'Keefe, and the three Mrs-Who, Whatsit, and Which - who fight off a dark force and save our universe. This book also offers…
From the National Book Award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, an atmospheric novel of a young British bride in the American South after the Civil War.
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Young Yehoshuah demonstrates that he is a special child, destined for greatness.
Includes exclusive to the paperback story: The Story of the Figurehead.
An unusual and beautiful book, the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times).
At only ten…
Meg’s father has been experimenting with fifth-dimension time travel. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. The forces of evil will…
La novela grafica de Una arruga en el tiempo, un clasico de la literatura fantastica, una obra de culto que ha inspirado peliculas como Interestellar y series como Lost. Una…
SANDY AND DENNYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE NORMAL, RUN-OF-THE-MILL ONES IN THE EXTRAODINARY MURRY FAMILY. NOTHING ESPECIALLY INTERESTING HAS HAPPENED TO THE TWINS UNTIL THEY ACCIDENTALLY INTERRUPT THEIR FATHER"S EXPERIMENT…
IT IS NOVEMBER. WHEN MEG COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL, CHARLES WALLACE TELLS HER HE SAW DRAGONS IN THE TWIN"S VEGETABLE GARDEN. THAT NIGHT MEG, CALVIN AND CHARLES GO TO THE…
WHEN CHARLES WALLACE MURRY GOES SEARCHING THROUGH A “WRINKLE IN TIME” FOR HIS LOST FATHER, HE FINDS HIMSELF ON AN EVIL PLANET WHERE ALL LIFE IS ENSLAVED BY A HUGE…
IN A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET BY MADELEINE L"ENGLE, A COMPANION TO THE NEWBERY AWARD WINNER A WRINKLE IN TIME AND A WIND IN THE DOOR, FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHARLES WALLACE AND THE…
UNDER THEIR FEET, THE GROUND SEEMED TO TREMBLE. A FLASH OF LIGHTNING, QUIVERING GROUND, AND, INSTEAD OF HER GRANDPARENTS" FARM, POLLY SEES MIST AND JAGGED MOUNTAINS – AND COMING TOWARD…
The book is especially valuable for it’s an exploration of L'Engle’s life as a professional woman, wife, mother, and grandmother–.Publisher’s Weekly
Characters from Madeleine L'Engle’s Time Quintet and Austin Family Chronicles cross paths in this story that explore the timeless themes of love, chance, and destiny.
Madeleine L'Engle reveals what life was like during her forty-year marriage to actor Hugh Franklin. She details their lean years when she was a fledgling writer and he a struggling…
For Madeleine L’ Engle, the world is full of beauty, mystery, grace-intimations of the divine. Editor Isabel Anders draws from the best of L’ Engle’s fiction, non-fiction and poetry to…
This collection of new essays give overdue critical attention to L'Engle’s complete body of work, from her familiar young adult fiction to her religious writings, poems and short stories –
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Madeleine L'Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…
Collects nearly 200 of L'Engle’s original poems, including eighteen that have never before been published. Reflecting on themes of love, loss, faith, and beauty, The Ordering of Love gives vivid…
‘An unusual and beautiful book,’ the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times).
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L'Engle at her best, this novel features Stella, who marries into the aristocratic Renier family and discovers a frightening world of intrigue, greed, prejudice, and superstition. Soon drawn into a…
From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong…
As revealed in an Introduction by the author’s granddaughter, the protagonist Elizabeth is close to an autobiographical portrait of L'Engle herself as a young woman– vibrant, vulnerable, and yearning for…
Based on the true story of her own talented poodle, this charming, witty picture book by celebrated author Madeleine L'Engle has now been lovingly reissued in hardcover!
Duane Arnold
What would you die for? It is one of the ultimate questions, as we all treasure our lives. Yet, here they are, those who sacrificed their lives for something unseen…
Madeleine L'Engle,Hope Larson
For use in schools and libraries only. A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search…
Return to the world of A Wrinkle in Time in this new illustrated chapter-book version of a Madeleine L'Engle original short story.
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