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This second book in L'Engle's "Austins" series reads more like a travelogue than a novel. While there IS a storyline, it often becomes hopelessly buried beneath the endless descriptions of campgrounds, State Parks, and landmarks. One almost wonders if the novel were commissioned by the Departments of Tourism for the various states mentioned...

Despite all this, it's not a bad read. As always, L'Engle's facility with the language renders even the prosaic details engaging, and it is worth wading through the various bear encounters to get a glimpse of Vicky Austin's teenage angst and first encounters with the opposite sex. (

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Sillybrry | Jun 18, 2008 |

Wonderful, wonderful book. Even better than the first. Highly recommend. (

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The Moon by Night

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Vicky Austin is filled with uncertainties about  everything. Her parents call it Vicky's  "difficult year." But fourteen-year-old Vicky is  not so consumed with her problems that she can't  enjoy the exciting adventures of her family's  summer cross-country camping trip.

In  the course of their travels Vicky meets Zachary,  an intriguing but troubled boy who latches on to  Vicky. And still another boy, Andy, altogether  different from Zachary, soon becomes his  rival.

Far from the comfort and security that the  family has always known, and in spite of the trials  they encounter on the road, the Austins enjoy each  other and the sights from the Atlantic to the  Pacific and back again. And for the first time Vicky  feels the mixed emotions of friendship and love.

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