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Title: Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0-440-21950-7 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (67 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice sequel...
Comment: This summer I decided to read L'Engle's Time series so that Icould get my students enthused about reading them (I couldn't get intoWrinkle or Wind when I was in school) Then I decided to read the Austin series again. I'd read Meet the AUstins in junior high and Moon by Night and Ring of ENdless Light in high school or college. I'd never got around to reading Unicorns and hadn't heard of Troubling a Star. I read the first three in about two days. Then I started Endless Light (my favorite)around 9 o'clock one night and stayed up 'til 1 to finish it. The next day I started on Troubling a Star - and read for almost four hours straight until I had finished it. I enjoyed it almost as much as Endless Light, but as others commented, Vicky didn't seem to be as grown-up in Troubling a Star. But I loved the descriptions of Antartica - I've never thought much about that continent and the little bit about Adam that was included. I just kept wishing that Vicky would've called out to him, like she did in Endless Light, while she was stranded on the iceberg or that there had been some mention of the whole dolphin thing and Vicky and Adam's connection - that was my favorite line in Endless Light "I called you....and I came.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful.
Comment: I've just finished reading this a second time, so that should be some evidence of how good this book is. Although, I think "Ring of Endless Light" was better, though not too much, and that's also saying something because I think AROEL is one of the best books I've ever read. Okay, okay, I'm biased because I'm a huge L'Engle fan.
But this is really a good book. It is a bit long, compared to other L'engle books and other YA books, but it's worth the length. I loved reading more about Vicky, and I really hope there'll be more books written about her. The other smaller characters are equally good, and I loved the new characters that were introduced almost as much as I loved seeing my old favorites again. Aunt Serena is awesome, and she seems to be exactly the kind of person who would be related to Adam. Ah yes, Adam. That's one wish I have; that we could've seen more of Adam. Maybe next book.
I loved the wonderful descriptions of Antarica, and even though I had no remote interest about the southern-most continent before, this book has sparked something.
One more thing I love about this book (or rather, all of L'Engle's work) is the way all her books are inter-connected in ways, sometimes such little things, but I noticed them at the second reading. For instance, the mention of "El Zarco" and the part Vespugia plays. (both from Swiftly Tilting Planet, which is, BTW, a great book) And, (this is a really minor thing) but I loved the mention that Esteban was descended from Welsh immigrants (remember all the welsh people in STP?) and that the Vespugian dictator is named Guedder. (remember gudder from STP?)
That wasn't even everything. But it just shows that this book is deep, much deeper than it first appears.
Rating: 3
Summary: James@ RICHVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
Comment: This book is a very good book for some people but not for me. Nobody liked Vicky because they were smuggling drugs and dumping toxic waste. They didn't want anyone to know about what they were doing. So I suggest that you read it's a good book.
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Title: Moon by Night by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440957761 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 March, 1981 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Young Unicorns by MADELEINE L'ENGLE ISBN: 0440999197 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440972329 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 July, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 044095777X Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 March, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440901839 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 December, 1979 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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