Description |
1045 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
The Library of America ; 310
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The Kairos Novels ; volume 2
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L'Engle, Madeleine.
Kairos novels ; 2.
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Library of America ; 310.
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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. |
Contents |
Arm of the Starfish -- Dragons in the Waters -- A House Like a Lotus -- An Acceptable Time. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Science fiction, American. |
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Children's stories, American.
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Children's stories, American. |
Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Added Author |
Marcus, Leonard S., 1950- editor.
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Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine.
Arm of the starfish.
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Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine.
Dragons in the water.
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Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine.
House like a lotus.
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Container of (work) : L'Engle, Madeleine.
Acceptable time.
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Added Title |
Novels. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020131960
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ISBN |
159853579X |
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9781598535792 |
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