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An Acceptable Time

Part of the Time Quintet series , book 5

An Acceptable Time

by L'engle, Madeleine

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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 she meets old friends and mysterious strangers.

She finds herself travelling back in time, where she has a crucial part to play in an ancient confrontation. The fifth book of Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet, and the last to feature Polly.

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L'engle, Madeleine

L'engle, Madeleine

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. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_L'Engle

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