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Summary: I loved A Wind In The Door
Review: I read this book for an assignment. I picked it because I read A Wrinkle In Time and I liked it, so I thought I would try this book. Everything that was in this book surprised me. A boy named Charles thinks he sees dragons in his brother's vegetable garden. Do you think it is dragons? If you want to find out read this wonderful book, A Wind In The Door.
By J.J.
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Summary: Another gem in L'Engle's collection
Review: It seems that as I am expecting wee ones, I've been reading more and more of my childhood favorites ~~ and this book is one of them. I just love L'Engle's writing style and how she gets the reader to think about things that may seem so far out ... but is it? She is a talented author that I admire deeply ~~ and my children will be read her books while still young.Meg Murry worries when her little brother Charles Wallace announces that there are dragons in the twins' garden. She is already worried about him ... he's so bright and intelligent and having trouble at school. And he is strangely ill ... so Meg and Calvin are on another adventure ~~ this time to battle Charles Wallace's illness. Along the way, Meg learns about patience and love while battling the forces of evil that is trying to take over the universe. While lots of people scoff at these books because of the fanasty they're written in ~~ I find that it's a classic book between good and evil. L'Engle always write with a moral ~~ and she writes in such a fun way, you can't but help apply the lessons to your life. It doesn't matter how old you are ... you are never too old to read these books! And I highly recommend this one to everyone ~~ whether or not they have children in their lives. It's just a good read with well-written story plot. And Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace stay with you for a long time. 1-23-02
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This must be one of Madeleine's best along with the 3 other books in the 'Time Quartet'. In this book Meg's time traveling adventures continue. If you liked "A Wrinkle in Time" I strongly recommend this book. A great read for all ages.
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Summary: A rather confusing book.
Review: This book shoud not be read lightly.It has thick detail yet very interesting plot.I had fun reading it.I think no one under nine shoud read this.
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Summary: Fantasy at it's Height
Review: This book was very entertaining and exciting. The characters were obviously make believe but they were described so well and given so much human characteristics that you believed in them. You believed they were real. Also the adventures that they ahd were oviously not real but they were so not real they were enjoyable, and the author did an excelent job making them seem as real as they could be. All around this was an outstanding book.
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Summary: a view of life and universe
Review: This book, along with the "Swiftly Tilting Planet", is the best children book I have read. It is not just very amusing but also gives the reader some things to think about. It's not just a story, it is the introduction to a search. It hints to a different way of looking at the universe, life, time... and it brings all those ideas without loosing the attention of the young readers.
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Summary: just ok
Review: this is definatley good,but not quite as good as a wrinkle in time.i still liked it, though.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book is great! If you like fantasy, you'll love this!
The story takes place around this time in the Murry's home. Meg Murry, the main character of the book, is a very smart girl with scientists for parents. Her brother, Charles Wallace, always knows when something is wrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Murry are researching a cell in the body you can't live without. Meanwhile, Carles Wallace is getting a sickness no one knows about. Mrs. Murry thinks it has something to do with the cell they were researching.
This is a great book for all ages.
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Summary: The best of the "Wrinkle in Time" quartet
Review: In my opinion, "Wind in the Door" ranks more highly than "A Wrinkle in Time" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" within Madeleine L'Engle's "Wrinkle in Time" series, although both books cut this book quite close. I prefer "Wind in the Door" to "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" because Meg Murry has more of an active role in this story. In ASTP, she's in her twenties, married to Calvin and expecting her first child, and can offer only moral support to Charles as he takes on the plot. Calvin doesn't even appear, being caught in England when the events of ASTP happen. In AWITD, Meg and Calvin are in the thick of things again, saving Charles' life. I rate "A Wind in the Door" more highly than "A Wrinkle in Time" because, in my opinion, it has everything the first story has, but it has more. We are now familiar with the characters of Meg, Calvin and Charles, and we slip into their crisis all the more easily. Everything that "A Wrinkle in Time" establishes, "A Wind in the Door" develops. Meg and Calvin's relationship is taken further. Meg learns more about the true power of love. And with Charles sick, the stakes are even more personal than Meg's vanished father in "A Wrinkle in Time". The Wrinkle in Time series has been called "The Time Quartet" (accepting "Wrinkle", "Wind", "Planet" and "Many Waters", the latter featuring the middle twin brothers of the Murry family) or the "Time Quintet" (adding on "An Acceptible Time", starring Meg's eldest daughter, Poly). However, the core of this series is very much made up of "A Wrinkle in Time" and "A Wind in the Door". One story builds up so much from the other so well that, if you only read two books of Madeleine L'Engle, "A Wrinkle of Time" should be your first, and "Wind in the Door" your second.
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Summary: ;-)
Review: Madeleine L'Engle's books are always a pleasure to read. While reading about fanciful creatures such as cherubim, Echthroi, and farandolae, there are certain little details in between the lines that one cannot help but notice and think upon. What I especially liked about this book was how it talked about loving and Naming others as well as kything (similar to ESP perhaps, reaching out and communicating without words with those closest to you). After parting with the cherubim Prognostickes, who had Named every star before, in a conversation with someone Meg was asked how many stars there were in the sky. She replied that she did not know and that, "The stars don't need to be counted. They need to be Named."
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