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"There are dragons in the twins' vegetable garden," announces six-year-old Charles Wallace Murry in the opening sentence of <i>The Wind in the Door</i>. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen <i>something</i> strange, but dragons—a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"—seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons—though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.<p>
In her usual masterful way, Madeleine L'Engle jumps seamlessly from a child's world of liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches to deeply sinister, cosmic battles between good and evil. Children will revel in the delectably chilling details—including hideous scenes in which a school principal named Mr. Jenkins is impersonated by the Echthroi (the evil forces that tear skies, snuff out light, and darken planets). When it becomes clear that the Echthroi are putting Charles Wallace in danger, the only logical course of action is for Meg and her dear friend Calvin O'Keefe to become small enough to go inside Charles Wallace's body—into one of his mitochondria—to see what's going wrong with his farandolae. In an illuminating flash on the interconnectedness of all things and the relativity of size, we realize that the tiniest problem can have mammoth, even intergalactic ramifications. Can this intrepid group voyage through time and space and muster all their strength of character to save Charles Wallace? It's an exhilarating, enlightening, suspenseful journey that no child should miss.<p>
The other books of the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are <I>A Wrinkle in Time</I>; <I>A Swiftly Tilting Planet</I>, which won the American Book Award; and <I>Many Waters</I>. (Ages 9 and older) <I>—Karin Snelson</I>
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Plot Summary:
“A Wind in the Door” is the second installment in the Time Quartet series; the events in “A Wind in the Door” take place two years after the events in “A Wrinkle in Time”. While Meg Murry is currently enrolled in high school with her close fri...more...]]>
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I recently reread many of her teen and children's books (I haven't quite made it through all of them), and I am pretty impressed. The writing style isn't anything to write home about, but she writes in a way that is accessible to all ages. She ...more...]]>
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The book is very repetitious, going over and over and over concepts that are d...more...]]>
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A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door are very shaky--are, in fact, never actually explained. The characters continuously seek to understand the ...more...]]>
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This book it a great addition to Madeleine L’Engle’s prize winning novel A Wrinkle in Time. If you have yet to read the first novel in this scientific fantasy series ...more...]]>
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"I Name you, Ecthroi. I Name you Meg.
I name you Calvin.
I Name you Mr. Jenkins.
I Name you Proginoskes.
I fill you with Naming.
Be!
Be, butterfly and behemoth,
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