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Many Waters

Madeleine L'Engle

Ages 10–15

Readers rate it 3.8 (122 on Hardcover)

224 pages · Released May 1, 2007

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Many Waters is a thoughtful science-fiction retelling of the Noah's Ark story that blends biblical themes with L'Engle's characteristic exploration of faith, responsibility, and growing up. The twins encounter some fantastical dangers and emotional conflicts, but violence is not graphic and the overall tone is contemplative rather than dark. The book rewards kindness, courage, and moral growth, making it suitable for mature middle-grade readers and younger teens interested in speculative fiction and theology.

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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 acros... 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.

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  • Many Waters
  • Madeleine L'Engle
  • Children's
  • Juvenile
  • Fiction
  • Literature
  • Books
  • Stories
  • Noah's Ark
  • Twins
  • Fantasy
  • Time travel

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