Title:
The Polly O'Keefe quartet
JLCTITLE245:
Madeleine L'Engle ; Leonard S. Marcus, editor.
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Uniform Title:
Novels. Selections
Publication Information:
New York, New York : The Library of America, 2018.
Physical Description:
1045 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781598535792
Series:
General Note:
A Wrinkle in Time was only the beginning: here, together for the first time in a deluxe Library of America edition, are the thrilling adventures of Meg Murray's daughter Polly.
Abstract:
This second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of love in A House Like a Lotus. And in An Acceptable Time, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1026-1045).
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Contents:
The Arm of the Starfish -- Dragons in the Waters -- A House Like a Lotus -- An Acceptable Time -- Appendix. How long is a book? ; Regina Medal acceptance speech ; Shake the universe ; Smith College 50th reunion speech.