Series: Austin Family
by Author Madeleine L'Engle
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas (2000)
I try to read several Christmas books each yuletide season and this one appealed to me since it was a book about the joys of the Christmas season from the perspective of the children in the Austin family.The Austin family celebrate the Christmas season by doing one special thing each night of Adv...
Troubling a Star (1995)
L'Engle's books always seem to have such poetic names. Troubling a Star, isn't that fantastic? Unfortunately the book wasn't quite as wondrous as the book title, but it was still pretty good. After all, L'Engle is a terrific writer.Vickie (from the Austins series of which this is book 5) is still...
Meet the Austins (1997)
At last! A beloved book from my childhood that seems as wondrous to me now as it did then. I've been re-reading a lot of books by my girlhood favorite Madeleine L'Engle recently, and I'm afraid that most of them have disappointed me, sometimes sorely. But not this one. It is just as warm and glow...
The Young Unicorns (1989)
Originally reviewed here @ AngievilleSo. I am a longtime Madeleine L'Engle devotee. It started back when I was 10 with A Wrinkle in Time and it has stretched out over the years into a lifelong love affair. One of the more treasured and personal ones in my life. And while I love all her worlds, th...