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Wind in the Door

Wind in the Door - Hardcover

by Madeleine L'Engle
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Availability:In StockContributor:Madeleine L'EngleSeries:Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet #2Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:1973-01-01Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780374384432ISBN-10:374384436UPC:9780374384432Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fantasy & Magic, Science FictionBook Topic:Time TravelSize:8.60 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC4KJR9FAP
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 having 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, seriously ill (mitochondritis -- the destruction of farandolae, minute creature of the mitochondria in the blood). Determined to help Charles Wallace in school, Meg pays a visit to his principal, Mr. Jenkins, a dry, cold man with whom Meg herself has had unfortunate run-ins. The interview with Mr. Jenkins goes badly and Meg worriedly returns home to find Charles Wallace waiting for her. "There are, " he announces, "dragons in the twins' vegetable garden. Or there were. They've moved to the north pasture now."
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780374384432ISBN-10:374384436UPC:9780374384432Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fantasy & Magic, Science FictionBook Topic:Time TravelSize:8.60 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC4KJR9FAP

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was the Newbery Medal-winning author of more than 60 books, including the much-loved A Wrinkle in Time. Born in 1918, L'Engle grew up in New York City, Switzerland, South Carolina and Massachusetts. Her father was a reporter and her mother had studied to be a pianist, and their house was always full of musicians and theater people. L'Engle graduated cum laude from Smith College, then returned to New York to work in the theater. While touring with a play, she wrote her first book, The Small Rain, originally published in 1945. She met her future husband, Hugh Franklin, when they both appeared in The Cherry Orchard.

Upon becoming Mrs. Franklin, L'Engle gave up the stage in favor of the typewriter. In the years her three children were growing up, she wrote four more novels. Hugh Franklin temporarily retired from the theater, and the family moved to western Connecticut and for ten years ran a general store. Her book Meet the Austins, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book of 1960, was based on this experience.

Her science fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time was awarded the 1963 Newbery Medal. Two companion novels, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet (a Newbery Honor book), complete what has come to be known as The Time Trilogy, a series that continues to grow in popularity with a new generation of readers. Her 1980 book A Ring of Endless Light won the Newbery Honor. L'Engle passed away in 2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

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