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by Madeleine L'Engle (Author) "A sudden snow shower put an end to hockey practice ..." (more)
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We've all done it. In the frigid depths of winter we've wished we could be magically transported to someplace warm and sunny. But most people don't have genius parents who just happen to be working on a scientific experiment with time travel at the moment of our wish. Sandy and Dennys Murry, the "normal" boys in a family of geniuses, suddenly find themselves trudging through a blazing-hot desert, seeking a far-off oasis for shade. Their desperate wandering brings them face-to-face with history--biblical history. Soon they're feeling right at home with Noah and his family. Even so, the urgent question is, how will Sandy and Dennys get back to their own place and time before the floods--the many waters--come? As they begin to cross the invisible border into adulthood, the twins must confront their ability to resist temptation and embrace integrity.

In Many Waters, Madeleine L'Engle continues the Murry family saga, which includes A Wrinkle in Time; A Wind in the Door; and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award. L'Engle's mystical mix of science fiction and fantasy, time and space travel, history, morals, religion, and culture once again urges her many adoring readers to stretch their minds and hearts to understand why the world is the way it is. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to the Paperback edition.



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Grade 6 Up Fans of the Murry family will welcome this tangental return to the "Time Trilogy" books (Farrar) as L'Engle spins another uniquely metaphysical fantasy, this time using the twins, Sandy and Dennys, at age 15, as her protagonists. On a cold day, Dennys absent-mindedly requests his father's computer to take them "someplace warm." Suddenly, it's the twins' turn to tessor, and they end up in a desert so hot that they nearly die of sun poisoning. As they meet the small people who inhabit it, including Lemach, Shem, Ham, Japheth, and finally, Noah, they realize that they are in the world as it existed before the Great Flood. What follows is an entertaining description of life in this ancient time and place, when angels and fallen angels walked the earth, and small mammoths could call unicorns into existence. The story is more tension than plot: the tension of the Nephilim, fallen angels whose power on earth seems somehow threatened by the mysterious arrival of the twins; the sexual tension that both Sandy and Dennys feel as they are drawn to Yalith, Noah's youngest daughter; and the tension that readers feel, wondering how those protagonists not mentioned in Genesis (the twins and Yalith) are going to survive the Flood, which is plainly imminent throughout the book. This suspense lacks the urgency found in the other books of the trilogy, however, mainly because the characters are subservient to atmosphere, incident, and ideas. It is as hard for readers to tell the twins apart as it is for Noah. One is curious as to how they will escape, but hardly worried. The strength of this book lies in its haunting descriptions of a time resonant of our own. Its weakness is a pat ending and characters so slightly drawn that we hardly care. Christine Behrman, New York Public Library
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written adventure with a dash of teen angst, Mar 11 2004
This review is from: Many Waters (Mass Market Paperback)
For me, this book was an all-time favorite of mine through my teen years. I picked it up at the age of fourteen and read it in a day, barely stopping to eat! I completely fell in love with the Murray twins, Sandy and Dennys, who are learning not only to cope with the onslaughts of puberty, but with their odd-man-out status in a family of extra-extraordinary individuals. I loved "A Wrinkle In Time" as a child, but I loved the fact that L'Engle gave the twins their own shot at an supernatural adventure, which in turn helps them with the transition into manhood and discovering who they really are.

A snowstorm forces the fifteen-year-old twins indoors from an impromtu hockey game. They are alone in the Murray house, and soon boredom sets in, leading the boys to start snooping in their father's labratory. A time machine is unwittingly discovered, the boys wish for "some place warm and dry", and the next thing they know, they are whisked away to a strange desert, not knowing that their father's invention has transported them to the Biblical times of Noah and the great flood. Here they discover that humans live for hundreds of years, that nephilims (angels thrown down from heaven) are the bad guys, and seraphim (good angels still in the service of God) are the good guys. Noah has just been told by God to build an ark, but everyone, including his children, thinks he's crazy. Yet with the twins' help, God's will is eventually carried out, but with a price.

Much angst, adventure, conspiracy, violence, romance and Biblical lessons insue. I'll say one thing--Sunday school never taught you THIS about the famous story of Genesis! L'Engle flawlessly incorporates Biblical texts with her own fictional twists. The end result is a wonderful read that will make you adore the members of the Murray family even more.

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4.0 out of 5 stars as good as it gets, Oct 9 2003
This review is from: Many Waters (Paperback)
wow this book was great the book took a whole new turn the conflict of resiting temtation as always seemed great in the seires but in this book it seems to really show i really liked hoe the author used the twins sandy and deny for this story it shows that even the normal ones have bumps in the road evintully this book is one of those books that when you pick it up youu cant put it back down all in all this book ill recomend for people in love eith madaline lingls seirs its a great book and a really good read.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Madeleine Misses, Aug 27 2003
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While I thought the first three books in the Time quartet were excellent, this last installment let me down. It was corny and a little dumb, even though the plot was ok. Sandy and Dennis, the middle children in the Murry family, embark on their own adventure, which happens to be back in time, before Noah's flood. The inhabitants of the desert they land in are tiny, and nobody wears anything but a loincloth (not even the girls). Amidst trying to win the love of a woman, the twins must find a way home before the flood comes. To sum it up, I say skip this one and enjoy the Time trilogy.
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2.0 out of 5 stars not a good children's novel
I read the first three books in this quartet and I really liked them so I decided to read many waters. Read more
Published on April 10 2004 by danielle

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover.
I read Many Waters because I had read the books before it and loved it. When I was in a bookstore I thought oh... Read more
Published on Mar 6 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Boys Will Be Boys
Sandy and Dennys Murry enter their parent's lab and play on their father's computer something that is strictly forbidden. But as the saying goes, "Boys will be boys! Read more
Published on Aug 16 2003 by Kelly Steed

5.0 out of 5 stars Boys Will Be Boys
Sandy and Dennys Murry enter their parent's lab and play on their father's computer something that is strictly forbidden. But as the saying goes, "Boys will be boys! Read more
Published on Aug 16 2003 by Kelly Steed

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastical
When I started reading Many Waters I was in awe! The different characters and the settings jumped out at you, and I liked that. The characters seemed to interest me as well. Read more
Published on Jul 18 2003 by Angela

3.0 out of 5 stars Creation Science?
While not as good as A Wrinkle in Time, this is an interesting book that brings Biblical creatures to life in the fashion of Greek mythology, which I loved to read as a child... Read more
Published on Jul 11 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars L'Engle's best book to date.
The way this book combines so many adult things (morals, religion, science fiction, and fantasy) into a children's book is truly magnificent. Read more
Published on Jul 7 2003 by Helena Troi

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable for everyone! Mostly for the 12-14 Year Olds.
Many Waters was a great book! This time, Sandy and Dennys have their own adventure. One day after Sandy and Dennys return home from school they go fumbling around in their dad's... Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Biblical science fiction?
In the fourth volume of the highly acclaimed "Time Quintet", Madeleine L'Engle explores a genre known as Biblical fiction, or in her case: Biblical science fiction. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by Godly Gadfly

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great
I have always loved Madelineine L'Engle and especially characters from the Wrinkle in Time series, but this story didn't quite measure up. Read more
Published on Jan 7 2003 by Edward Sunder

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