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Title: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0-440-48761-7 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 1974 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (74 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bio-Adventure
Comment: This is a sequel to A Wrinkle In Time. Charles Wallace is now in the first grade where his peculiarities have caused him to be singled out by the other boys who beat him daily. He's also very ill.
Blajeny, a teacher, arrives to help the children as the un-namers of the universe, the Ecthroi, are back this time trying to destroy Charles Wallace's mitochondria. The farandolae limit the rate at which our mitochondria burn fuel and are being interfered with. If their number drops below significant level hydrogen can't be transported and death, results due to energy depletion. Blajeny explains that Charles Wallace is important because one person can swing the balance of the universe.
Blajeny assembles a team that includes Meg, Calvin O'Keefe, Charles Wallace's principal, Proginoskes the cherubim and Sporos a Farandolae. They have to go inside Yada the mitochondrion that was Sporos' birthplace to convince Sporos and his generation to deepen in order for him to sustain life.
This was an exciting story and very different from many I have read. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Another gem in L'Engle's collection
Comment: It seems that as I am expecting wee ones, I've been reading more and more of my childhood favorites ~~ and this book is one of them. I just love L'Engle's writing style and how she gets the reader to think about things that may seem so far out ... but is it? She is a talented author that I admire deeply ~~ and my children will be read her books while still young.
Meg Murry worries when her little brother Charles Wallace announces that there are dragons in the twins' garden. She is already worried about him ... he's so bright and intelligent and having trouble at school. And he is strangely ill ... so Meg and Calvin are on another adventure ~~ this time to battle Charles Wallace's illness. Along the way, Meg learns about patience and love while battling the forces of evil that is trying to take over the universe.
While lots of people scoff at these books because of the fanasty they're written in ~~ I find that it's a classic book between good and evil. L'Engle always write with a moral ~~ and she writes in such a fun way, you can't but help apply the lessons to your life. It doesn't matter how old you are ... you are never too old to read these books! And I highly recommend this one to everyone ~~ whether or not they have children in their lives. It's just a good read with well-written story plot. And Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace stay with you for a long time.
1-23-02
Rating: 2
Summary: Not My Type of Literature
Comment: (...)BR>What I could get out of the book was that the star charcater Charles Wallace was sick, badly ill, and his sister, Meg, is really worried for him, and makes it clear she would do anything to help him get better. Then, the one thing I liked most of this book, the plot immediatley comes to play as Charles takes Meg out into a field near their home and tells her there are 'a drive of dragons' somewhere. But at first Meg doesn't see anything. But later on she actually sees this 'drive of dragons' is truly a creature named Progo(well the name's longer than that but this is what Meg calls him throughout the story.) He's a science-fiction masterpiece with many wings and eyes. This creature sparks a journey that involves Meg, her supposed boyfriend named Calvin, and Progo itself as they are assigned to help save Charles from fatally evil beings called the Echthroi, who want to destroy Charles, as well as the world itself.
This book just wasn't my type of literature, but I didn't hate it. I just wasn't into the novel; I didn't feel any sort of connection like you should in a book.
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Title: A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440498058 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 11 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440405483 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440208149 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dragons in the Water by Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 0440917190 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 July, 1982 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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