Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle
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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.

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Listen to an audiobook excerpt of the young adult novel The Joys of Love by Madeleine L'Engle, read by actress Maggi-Meg Reed--a moving, romantic coming-of-age story. Learn more about the YA book The Joys of Love at http://us.macmillan.com/thejoysoflove/MadeleineLEngle Read more about Newbery Medal-winning author Madeleine L'Engle at http://us.macmillan.com/author/madeleinelengle Learn more about audiobook narrator Maggi-Meg Reed at http://us.macmillan.com/author/maggimegreed

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Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

Madeleine L'Engle
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

"Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?" is Madeleine L'Engle's spirited defense of the responsibility of children's literature to confront difficult questions, as...


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A House Like a Lotus
A House Like a Lotus

Madeleine L’Engle
Square Fish

The conclusion to the Polly O’Keefe stories that began with The Arm of the Starfish and Dragons in the Waters finds Polly taking an unforgettable trip to...


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Available 2/14/2012
A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

Madeleine L'Engle
Square Fish

Fifty years ago, Madeleine L’Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, and...


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A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

Madeleine L'Engle
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Fifty years ago, Madeleine L’Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, and...


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Dragons in the Waters
Dragons in the Waters

Madeleine L'Engle
Square Fish

The follow-up to The Arm of the Starfish has Simon and the O’Keefes trying to find a stolen painting and a murderer, all while trapped aboard a ship....


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The Arm of the Starfish
The Arm of the Starfish

Madeleine L’Engle
Square Fish

Characters from Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet and Austin Family Chronicles cross paths in this story that explore the timeless themes of love, chance, and...


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And Both Were Young
And Both Were Young

Madeleine L'Engle
Square Fish

Philippa is miserable at an all girls’ boarding school in Switzerland . . . until she meets the mysterious Paul.


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The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas

By Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Jill Weber
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Vicky Austin’s family does one special thing each day of December to prepare for Christmas. This year, they’re also preparing for the birth of a new brother or...


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Camilla
Camilla

Madeleine L'Engle
Square Fish

How can Camilla learn to be an adult when her parents are acting like children?


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