4.15/5
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Rating: 4.15/5 out of 41213
Publisher: Square Fish
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The third book in Madeleine L'Engle's spellbinding A
Wrinkle in Time Quintet.
"Another provocative spellbinding
tale.” ―Philadelphia Inquirer
Some things have to be
believed to be seen.
Sandy and Dennys have always
been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family.
They garden, make an occasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing
especially interesting has happened to the twins until they accidentally
interrupt their father's experiment.
Then the two boys are thrown
across time and space. They find themselves alone in the desert, where,
if they believe in unicorns, they can find unicorns, and whether they
believe or not, mammoths and manticores will find them.
The twins
are rescued by Japheth, a man from the nearby oasis, but before he can
bring them to safety, Dennys gets lost. Each boy is quickly embroiled in
the conflicts of this time and place, whose populations includes winged
seraphim, a few stray mythic beasts, perilous and beautiful nephilim,
and small, long lived humans who consider Sandy and Dennys giants. The
boys find they have more to do in the oasis than simply getting
themselves home--they have to reunite an estranged father and son, but
it won't be easy, especially when the son is named Noah and he's about
to start building a boat in the desert.
Praise for Many
Waters:
“Sandy and Dennys, twins and middle children in
the Newbery-winning A Wrinkle in Time, are transported to the
time just before the Flood. . . This will be enjoyed for its suspense
and humor as well as its other levels of meaning.” ―Kirkus
Reviews
“L'Engle blends speculative fiction with biblical
theology to create another provocative spellbinding tale.”
―Philadelphia Inquirer
Books by Madeleine
L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the
Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Many
Waters
An Acceptable Time
A Wrinkle in Time: The
Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope
Larson: A graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's
ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy
classic.
Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle;
illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A
Wrinkle in Time!
The Austin Family
Chronicles
Meet the Austins (Volume 1)
The Moon by
Night (Volume 2)
The Young Unicorns (Volume 3)
A
Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor
book!
Troubling a Star (Volume 5)
The Polly O'Keefe
books
The Arm of the Starfish
Dragons in the
Waters
A House Like a Lotus
And Both Were
Young
Camilla
The Joys of
Love
Sep 07, 2014
Yes, there will be spoilers, but, seriously, it doesn't matter, because you don't want to read this book.Jul 23, 2011
It always amuses me when people say "coming of age story" when what they really mean is "sexual awakening". And don't be confused, there *is* a difference. Take for instance Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 film Spirited Away, this is a great example of a coming of age film. Yes, the protagonist Chihiro does meet a certain dragon/boy she may like more than a friend but this is not what pushes the character development, what pushes her to "grow up" are the lessons she learns about hard work, sacrifice and It always amuses me when people say "coming of age story" when what they really mean is "sexual awakening". And don't be confused, there *is* a difference. Take for instance Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 film Spirited Away, this is a great example of a coming of age film. Yes, the protagonist Chihiro does meet a certain dragon/boy she may like more than a friend but this is not what pushes the character development, what pushes her to "grow up" are the lessons she learns about hard work, sacrifice and caring about others. Sandys and Dennys on the other hand don't change much throughout Many Waters - they exit our story much as they enter it, self sufficient, hard working and caring. What changes in their story is the capacity of sexual and emotional desire they become aware of.Sep 01, 2007
Just barely edged out as my favorite book in the series (right behind "A swiftly Tilting Planet"). Tells a story less concerned with love and justice and all about the hard choices that people (and deities) make in a flawed world.Mar 25, 2018
Many Waters is the fourth book in A Wrinkle in Time series and it's probably my least favorite. It was just a really boring book to breeze through. I mean they are only like.. 12 chapters each book but man was I bored with this one.Jul 29, 2018
HOOW DID THAT HAPPEN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN. How did the pure beauty and truth and utter heartbreaking melody of A Wrinkle in Time turn in to this monstrous, sensualized, romantic Bible Fanfiction.Mar 24, 2012
No one seems to acknowledge these books as much as A Wrinkle in Time, but this one was by far my favorite. And maybe this is an overreaction, but I thought this one story was really beautiful. I really liked the Biblical time that the twins Sandy and Dennys went back to, and how in that time, angels were on the earth with humans. It was interesting that they could take the form of an animal, and it was clear that the Seraphim were good and the Nephilim evil. There were so many characters in this No one seems to acknowledge these books as much as A Wrinkle in Time, but this one was by far my favorite. And maybe this is an overreaction, but I thought this one story was really beautiful. I really liked the Biblical time that the twins Sandy and Dennys went back to, and how in that time, angels were on the earth with humans. It was interesting that they could take the form of an animal, and it was clear that the Seraphim were good and the Nephilim evil. There were so many characters in this story that it was a little hard to keep them straight, but I love when there are a lot of characters. I was surprised at some of the content, as this book is supposed to be for kids. I mean, I first read it when I was a kid and I didn't really understand the whole concept of unicorns unable to be touched by anyone who isn't a virgin. I didn't get what the word "slut" meant.Sep 18, 2018
Many Waters: I saw someone describe this novel as bible fanfiction, and that really is the perfect description for it. Bad bible fanfiction.Nov 20, 2016
I enjoy L'Engle's books, for the most part. This one was no exception, but my favorites will always be A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind In The Door, since they don't have the main problem this and A Swiftly Tilting Planet do, mainly the fact that the twins in this one and Charles Wallace in Planet don't really DO anything. Sure, they go to a different time and place, but then what? They just wait to go back home.Feb 23, 2008
As I said of A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, I didn’t know of these sequels to A Wrinkle in Time until I was an adult and read them when my son was reading the quartet. I now own this beautiful edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... , and have reread the books (along with their respective endnotes) but reviewed them separately.Sep 13, 2014
fascinating blend of science, mythology and Bible epicDec 29, 2013
You know that sliver of Genesis between the interminable lists of old dudes ("And Methuselah lived 969 years, blah blah blah...") and the tempestuous God-rage era of Noah and the Flood? Yeah, that's the setting for this book.Apr 13, 2010
Still reflecting on this one. It's so lyrical, thoughtful, and strange. Nothing like the other Time books. Though L'Engle uses simple language and descriptions, the world she paints has so much contrast and so many unexpected elements that I was wholly immersed, thinking about it even when I wasn't reading - and it's been awhile since that happened.Aug 23, 2007
so... this was the first of all the books which made me realize while i was reading it that it was all christian imagery. i mean, the arc and all - noah... hard to miss, right? and that's what people say about aslan - just a jesus allegory - but i didn't have any christian education as a child, so i missed all of that. and most people say the same "when i was a kid i didn't realize it had all that christian metaphor." which i think means that in effect, it didn't. if we don't know the so... this was the first of all the books which made me realize while i was reading it that it was all christian imagery. i mean, the arc and all - noah... hard to miss, right? and that's what people say about aslan - just a jesus allegory - but i didn't have any christian education as a child, so i missed all of that. and most people say the same "when i was a kid i didn't realize it had all that christian metaphor." which i think means that in effect, it didn't. if we don't know the corresponding reference than it means only what it describes on the surface, and whatever else we can relate it to in our own experience. if you're not christian, they're not christian books. they are just books, and you can place them in your universe of experience however you see fit.Feb 05, 2011
Many Waters, the fourth book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet, continues to follow the fantastic time/space travel exploits of the Murry family. Instead of focusing on Meg and Charles Wallace, however, this novel is about their “normal†siblings Sandy and Dennys. The twins have always been the ordinary members of the extraordinary Murry family and haven’t taken part in previous adventures, but when they fool around with their father’s computer and inadvertently mess up his experiment with “ Many Waters, the fourth book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet, continues to follow the fantastic time/space travel exploits of the Murry family. Instead of focusing on Meg and Charles Wallace, however, this novel is about their “normal†siblings Sandy and Dennys. The twins have always been the ordinary members of the extraordinary Murry family and haven’t taken part in previous adventures, but when they fool around with their father’s computer and inadvertently mess up his experiment with “tessering†through time and space, they suddenly find themselves in the midst of the story of Noah and the Ark, straight out of the Bible. (It’s just like those “Greatest Adventure†cartoons with Derek, Margo and Moki that they used to make us watch in Sunday School!)Jun 04, 2013
This book. This book! From the first time I read it maybe four or five years ago, I adored it, and I admire Madeleine L'Engle so much for having the brains and creativity to craft a story so brilliant, so bold, so just-absolutely-magnificent - I can never have enough words. This book is hands-down, pants-down my favorite of the Time Quintet series, and ties for my favorite-ever L'Engle with A Ring of Endless Light , which, surprise! is also full of absolutely luminous prose and a glorious plot. This book. This book! From the first time I read it maybe four or five years ago, I adored it, and I admire Madeleine L'Engle so much for having the brains and creativity to craft a story so brilliant, so bold, so just-absolutely-magnificent - I can never have enough words. This book is hands-down, pants-down my favorite of the Time Quintet series, and ties for my favorite-ever L'Engle with A Ring of Endless Light , which, surprise! is also full of absolutely luminous prose and a glorious plot. The two books are really different, but what they share is this, like, warmth and humaneness that keep the characters incredibly wise, serene, peaceful. I don't really know how to describe it. Just that, the people in these books have so much love between themselves and for the world around them, I fall in love again every time I read these books. And L'Engle's writing is flawless, totally gorgeous. And, I mean: Many waters cannot quench love. Neither can the floods drown it. I have never been able to get this quote out of my head. ...moreSep 30, 2014
Many Waters is the fourth book in Madeleine L’Engle’s TIME quintet. The previous three books, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet have all focused on Meg Murray and her strange little brother Charles Wallace as they travel through time and space. Many Waters is completely different. In this story, Meg’s twin brothers Sandy and Dennis mess with a computer in their mother’s lab and get blasted back to the time of Noah before he built the ark. From there the story Many Waters is the fourth book in Madeleine L’Engle’s TIME quintet. The previous three books, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet have all focused on Meg Murray and her strange little brother Charles Wallace as they travel through time and space. Many Waters is completely different. In this story, Meg’s twin brothers Sandy and Dennis mess with a computer in their mother’s lab and get blasted back to the time of Noah before he built the ark. From there the story turns into a strange historical fantasy whose source text is Genesis 6.Jan 03, 2017
It was such a dissapointment in comparison to the first three books in the series which I enjoyed greatly. Unfortunatly it focused on the two most boring, flat characters in the series and was such a terrible read, it took me 3 years to finally bring myself to finish it. I love the author and her writing, but this particular book was not to my liking and very dissapointing. I feel that it really let the series down.Mar 26, 2009
I am surprised how much I enjoyed this, since I found the first 3 pretty mediocre. This is my favourite so far. One more to go. I suspect it had to do with the twins and Yalith's little romance. It was very interesting.Feb 28, 2018
There were a lot of things that I didn't like about this book. And, unfortunately, only a few things that I did. After reading and enjoying the three previous Wrinkle in Time books, I was excited to get into this one. Sandy and Dennys never played a big role in the other books, but they always seemed like fun additions to the family, so I was excited to have a book about them. Sadly, this story didn't work for me.Dec 27, 2017
2.5 StarsJan 24, 2010
Many Waters is, in many ways, a retelling of the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, with a science fiction twist. Following twins Sandy and Dennis in the aftermath of a mishap in their mother’s lab, the twins are sent back in time to world thousands of years before life as they know it. In a world divided between humans, Nephilim and Seraphim, Sandy and Dennis stick out like a sore thumb, and there’s a strong undercurrent of hate towards the twins, both seen as a threat and a useful ally, as they’re Many Waters is, in many ways, a retelling of the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, with a science fiction twist. Following twins Sandy and Dennis in the aftermath of a mishap in their mother’s lab, the twins are sent back in time to world thousands of years before life as they know it. In a world divided between humans, Nephilim and Seraphim, Sandy and Dennis stick out like a sore thumb, and there’s a strong undercurrent of hate towards the twins, both seen as a threat and a useful ally, as they’re much taller than the people of the land they’ve found themselves in. To make matters worse, Noah is building an ark, and they know this story. Can they find their way home in time, and what happens to those left behind?Mar 12, 2010
I've always thought that Madeline L'Engle had a way of transporting readers to different dimensions with an interesting level of detail and intrigue in her writing and overall works. "Many Waters" was no exception, though the story is quite different from the usual "Time Quartet" travels, in that it has more biblical ties and features a set of characters who hadn't previously ventured on their own dimensional travels in the primary storyline with Meg and Charles Wallace.Jan 01, 2018
3.75 stars. This is a strange book in many ways, and yet, I really like it. It's a retelling of the Biblical story of Noah and the Flood, told from the viewpoint of Sandy and Dennys, the Murry twins, who have only been secondary characters in the other books. In this story, they are not quite 16; several times, they mention that they are looking forward to getting their drivers' licenses.Mar 22, 2010
I started reading this out loud to my boys, but after a chapter I quickly realized that that was not going to work. This book, much to my surprise, was an adult book.Dec 17, 2016
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