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L'engle, Madeleine

L'engle, Madeleine

Author Biography & Works

Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. L'Engle received the Newbery Medal for her 1962 children's book, A Wrinkle in Time. She also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1998.

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Books by L'engle, Madeleine

A Wrinkle In Time

A Wrinkle In Time

(Time Quintet) Start here

With a foot in both Science Fiction and Fantasy, A Wrinkle in Time is a bridge between reality and fantasy, a meeting place for adult and child readers alike.  Meg...

A Wind In The Door

A Wind In The Door

(Time Quintet)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the...

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

(Time Quintet)

In A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle, a companion to the Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door, fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the...

Many Waters

Many Waters

(Time Quintet)

A boxed set of five volumes featuring the Murray children and their friends as they travel through time and encounter strange creatures.

An Acceptable Time

An Acceptable Time

(Time Quintet)

Polly O'Keefe, the daughter of Meg Murry and Calvin O'Keefe, goes to stay with her grandparents on their farm in Connecticut. What should be a quiet visit becomes extraordinary when...

A Wrinkle In Time

A Wrinkle In Time

Meg seems to have a perfectly normal life. The normality ends quite suddenly when her littlest brother, Charles, meets Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. Suddenly, Meg's normal life...

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