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The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Young Adult
When Adam Eddington, a gifted marine biology student, makes the acquaintance of blond and beautiful Kali Cutter at Kennedy International Airport on his way to Portugal to spend the summer working for the renowned scientist Dr. O'Keefe, he has no idea that this seemingly chance meeting will set into moti ...Show more
The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Crosswicks Journal
The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time contemplates the true meaning of faith in the third installment of her series of memoirs.Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L'Engle as "an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre ...Show more
The Moon by Night by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Children's Books | Series: Austin Family Ser.
Book two of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up."Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read . . . this wise, ...Show more
The Other Dog by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Picture Books
Reissued to coincide with the movie release of "A Wrinkle in Time," here is a true tale of dog-meets-baby from a Newbery Medalist. Based on L'Engle's own poodle's experience coping with a new baby in the house, this sprightly picture book presents a familiar domestic drama with an utterly charming new t ...Show more
The Other Side of the Sun - A Novel by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction
A young British bride is caught up in her new family's complicated history in this atmospheric novel set in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan she's joined. Soon after their arrival at Illyria, the Reniers' ramb ...Show more
The Small Rain - A Novel by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction
"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 years old, Katherine Forrester has already experienced her fair share of upheaval. It has been three years since she last saw her mother, ...Show more
The Sphinx at Dawn - Two Stories by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction
The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes a fantastical look at the childhood of Jesus in two allegories set in an Egyptian village. In "Pakko's Camel," Yehoshuah, the poor son of a carpenter, befriends Pakko, the arrogant son of a rich merchant. Yehoshuah cares for of Pakko's camel and shares ...Show more
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Crosswicks Journal
A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters--and the inescapable effects of time--from the author of A Wrinkle in Time.In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L'Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Conn ...Show more
The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Children's Books
Book three of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up.“A first-rate suspense story.” —The Washington Post Book World The Austins are trying to settle into ...Show more
Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Children's Books | Series: Austin Family Ser.
In book five of the award-winning Austin Family Chronicles young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, a girl experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up.The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had ...Show more
Two-Part Invention - The Story of a Marriage by Madeleine L'Engle
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Crosswicks Journal
In the final memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, the author of A Wrinkle in Time paints an intimate portrait of her forty-year marriage.A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship.As Newbery Medal winner Madeleine L'Engle describes a relationship ch ...Show more