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Summary: Stars for "light"
Review: I have to say that if you are looking for a GREAT book this is it! It completly changed my life and I got all my friends reading it. They all thanked me soo much for geting them to read it because it to changed thier lives. I am telling you, you MUST read this book!
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Summary: I keep coming back to it!
Review: After first reading this book a number of years ago, I find myself coming back to it again and again. Each time I seem to find something new and fascinating, some fresh idea that reminds me how much I loved the book in the first place. Vicky is a sensitive and warm-hearted girl with real-life problems and joys. The beautiful poetry is the crowning touch. Vicky's confusion over the 3 boys is interesting and entirely understandable. This book bursts with life and joy and hope, and really makes you think about the concept of death. A vivid celebration of life, it confirms the joy of living for old and young alike. This one's a keeper!
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Summary: one of my "comfort" books
Review: There are books I read, enjoy and forget; there are books that make me work and think. And then there are books that I return to again and again because they are so powerful, so real and so touching that they are like old friends. _A Ring of Endless Light_ is one of these books. When I need reassurance and feel that my problems are insurmountable, this book is my "comfort zone."Although I recommend you read the previous Austin books beforehand, this book stands on its own merit.
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Summary: A Ring of Endless Light
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was only 14 or 15 years old and have reread it, and other L'Engle classics, many times since. Vicky is an inspirational young woman not because she's a heroine in the traditional sense: superhuman and all knowing, but rather because she's painfully and gloriously human. At times she is a typical teenage girl wrestling with issues about boys, school, family and growing up. At others she is mature and wise well beyond her years. The charachter of Vicky Austin is still a role model to me in my adulthood! A Ring of Endless Light, although seemingly about death, is really a celebration of life. Death, whether it be sudden, tragic and unexpected or the natural end to a long happy life, is celebrated as an integral part of life whether it be that of human, dolphin or sparrow. The lesson learned is to focus on the living, indeed, on the glass half full rather than half empty. Madeleine L'Engle's books have had a tremendous impact on my life and have taken a part in shaping the woman I've become. In this and many of her other books she has shown me how to glory my tribulations, for from tribulations comes patience, from patience, experience; and from experience, hope!
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Summary: An uplifting look at the human spirit
Review: Madeline L'Engle is a fabulous author, and A Ring of Endless Light is one of her best. Vicky Austin is a part of all of us, we have all suffered her trials. She handles death and pain with a grace that I someday would hope to posess.
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Summary: Great Realization
Review: This story is one of the authors best. This book gave me a great understanding of human reaction to death. The main character, asks question many people(especiall adolesents)ask. Although, if the questions are answer,they are vague, but at the finish of the book, I felt this greater understanding of life (and death).
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Summary: A touching story about a life changing summer.
Review: Vicky Austin is a teenager trying to exist through her teenage years. Her grandfather who has leukemia is dying, and so her family goes and lives on the island until their not needed anymore. During their stay, Commander Rodney dies, and one thing she distinctly remembers is a woman saying, "I wonder who'll be the next to go?" Vicky has a hard time dealing with death, especially when her friend Jeb Nuttely nearly dies of a skull fracture and Binnie, who has epilepsy, dies in her arms. In addition to all of these problems, she also has three different guys who are wanting her attention. Her problems keep mounting, and yet, Vicky Austin still manages to befriend a pod of dolphins and continue in her poetry writing. An EXCELLENT book about growing up, Madeleine L'Engle continues to amaze me with her insight into various aspects of life. The plot is very logical, and its no wonder that this book got a Newberry Honor Award. The characters are life-like, the imagery is excellent, and I would recommend this to men and women of all ages. Her creativity and poetry use cause people to think about what they believe religiously, what the meaning of family is, and the choices that one has to make on a daily basis. The three guys that Vicky is around all the time seem to portray three of the four different aspects on life, with Vicky portraying the fourth. Definitely five star work.
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Summary: An incredible book about the troubles of life
Review: I have recently read this book, and I couldn't get my hands off of it. It accuratly displayed the troubles of life and how problems just seem to stack up. A Ring of Endless Light shows how imagination will always help you get through all of your troubles and problems, no matter how big they may seem.
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Summary: touching, a young girl finds support in the love of others
Review: In Madeleine L'Engle's fourth book dealing with the Austin family, Vicky Austin must juggle the demands for attention by three very different young men while also struggling with the fact that her grandfather has leukemia and probably will not survive the summer. Vicky's talent for poetry and her nonverbal communication with dolphins at sea give her the strength to endure this trying time in her life. This is a very touching novel which leaves the reader feeling hopeful that all difficult times and grief can be overcome with the help and love of others dear to us. I would recommend it for grades 6-10.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: How do you even begin?! This book is so beautiful...so full of life...so eye-opening. How does Madeleine L'Engle do it?? I loved this book. Normally I don't like books about death, so I didn't think I'd like "A Ring of Endless Light" very much. But this book is not about death: it's about life! Life at its strongest and most beautiful. Even while Grandfather is dying he's teaching us a valuable lesson about life, and how to live it to get the most out of it. I may sound preachy, but it's hard to capture the overall feel of this book. It amazes me that Madeleine L'Engle can write this stuff, when I can't even begin to grasp at it in a measly review! Anyway, read it, and read it again, and again, and again, and again....
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