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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Disappointing sequel to A Wrinkle in Time. Nice ideas, but the main plot line is too abstract to really get involved with the characters. Still, I keep it out of respect for Wrinkle... (  )brianclegg | Jun 16, 2009 |   Starkly different in the overall fantasy and mythology than A Wrinkle In Time, A Wind in the Door still maintains L’Engle’s model themes of love, self-sacrifice, and the responsibility of the individual to fight to help those around him or her. The social commentary of A Wind in the Door is not as potent as A Wrinkle In Time, but it has its own unique qualities, specifically regarding the immutable connection between all things despite size or position of power within a social structure.The books slowly decline in potency and writing quality with each iteration, so A Wind in the Door won’t be as good as A Wrinkle In Time, but it’s still a good, quick read. I recommend this book to anyone 9 , with its target audience likely being between 9 through 12.-Lindsey Miller, www.lindseyslibrary.com (  )LindseysLibrary | May 14, 2009 | Surprisingly enough, I've only ever read the first book of the Time Quintet. This was my first foray into the remainder of the series. Charles Wallace is ill. Very very ill. And once more, Meg and Calvin must brave dangerous creatures and situations to save him, with the assistance of cherubim named Proginoskes and Meg's old nemesis, Mr. Jenkins. L'Engle again gives the reader healthy dollops of science, faith, and fantasy, in more or less equal doses, and wraps everything up with a solidly sentimental conclusion. Reading these as an adult, I am occasionally impatient with the juvenile prose. I remind myself at these times that I am not the intended audience; these books are intended for my much younger self. (  )avanta7 | Apr 22, 2009 | A good story but not as poignant as A Wrinkle in Time. (  )readingrat | Feb 26, 2009 | Interesting opening—but ultimately shallow. ( )wktarin | Dec 26, 2008 | 0.041 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0374384436, Hardcover)"There are dragons in the twins' vegetable garden," announces six-year-old Charles Wallace Murry in the opening sentence of The Wind in the Door. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen something strange, but dragons--a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"--seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.In her usual masterful way, Madeleine L'Engle jumps seamlessly from a child's world of liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches to deeply sinister, cosmic battles between good and evil. Children will revel in the delectably chilling details--including hideous scenes in which a school principal named Mr. Jenkins is impersonated by the Echthroi (the evil forces that tear skies, snuff out light, and darken planets). When it becomes clear that the Echthroi are putting Charles Wallace in danger, the only logical course of action is for Meg and her dear friend Calvin O'Keefe to become small enough to go inside Charles Wallace's body--into one of his mitochondria--to see what's going wrong with his farandolae. In an illuminating flash on the interconnectedness of all things and the relativity of size, we realize that the tiniest problem can have mammoth, even intergalactic ramifications. Can this intrepid group voyage through time and space and muster all their strength of character to save Charles Wallace? It's an exhilarating, enlightening, suspenseful journey that no child should miss. The other books of the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are A Wrinkle in Time; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award; and Many Waters. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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