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Many Waters
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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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ElleMNOpe
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I've been a fan of this series for years & it mostly holds up as an adult reading. More of a YA read than middle grade due to sexual content. There are discussions on good & evil, peer pressure, misogyny, & sex. I enjoyed the setting & retelling of Noah & the Ark. Very clever & entertaining. A bit of deus ex machina, but I let that slide since this is a younger book. L'Engle continues to be one of my favorite writers even after oh so many years.

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freeatlast1137
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
Mehso-so

As I graduated elementary school many, many years ago. My 5th grade teacher gave us each a book. This is the book I received. I actually no longer own this book or it went missing in my many moves but I have finally read this book give or take 20 years later.

It was nice to read this book finally after many years but I did not enjoy it as a story.

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kspenmoll
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Eggs Beautiful-gave me chills and goose bumps 4y
robinb So gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing! O Holy Night and O Come All Ye Faithful are my two favorite Christmas songs. Guess you could say the “O“s have it! 😉 4y
OriginalCyn620 Beautiful rendition! Thanks for sharing! 4y
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Darklunarose
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I just couldn‘t continue with this. Too religious for my liking.

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Darklunarose
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New audio book to start tomorrow night

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wideeyedreader
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was really enjoyable! I loved the time travel element, and the characters were all so interesting!

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wideeyedreader
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A bunch of beautiful books in #tertiarycolors for #colormepretty day 19! I was determined to get all of them, so the top one is a book I haven‘t even read yet!

Sunraven I so need to re-read Many Waters. I read it so many times as a kid and I‘m not sure I‘ve read it at all as an adult, haha... 5y
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howjessicareads
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Done with book 2! Now giving my eyes a bit of a rest - pacing the house and listening to my audiobook for a few minutes. I‘d planned on listening to The Trials of Apollo, but accidentally reserved the ebook instead of the audiobook. 🤷🏼‍♀️ So I‘m listening to The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi instead. #readathon #deweys24hourreadathon @DeweysReadathon

kimmypete1 I hope you‘re enjoying it! I thoroughly enjoyed The Collapsing Empire. 6y
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DarcysMom
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🌟🌟🌟🌟
#bedtimestory
#readaloud

Meeko93 This one was one of my favorites in the series and I can understand the editing you did for your daughter. 6y
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DarcysMom
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I had to explain lawyer jokes to the kiddo last night. Once she got it, she thought it was hilarious. #kidhumor #raisingareader

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lauren.lerner
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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#7favesin7days* 🤗📚❤️ 1/7

* Post a book you love each day for 7 days, without review or comment, with the hashtag #7favesin7days in your post so we can keep it going!

Molly_the_mezzo Love this book so much 7y
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Meeko93
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This one was my second favorite in the series and it is the fourth book of the quintet. I loved the biblical setting and all around good details that differentiate from today's world. Now on to the last one...

KCorter This is my favorite one as well. 7y
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Meeko93
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This book is really good so far 🙄

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dizie_lizie
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I think this one is my favorite of this series so far. The twins‘ adventure is just pure joy to read! #timequintet #currentread #dogsoflitsy

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makaylabw
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I have to say this is my favorite of this series so far! I loved that this one focused on the twins, Sandy and Dennys. The story telling was just beautiful with it being set just before Noah and the flood. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from start to finish. Unlike the others I wasn‘t too lost in this one! 😊 5/5 ⭐️

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brennahawleycraig
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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Latest #bookhaul. The tagged book is (one of) my current read, the fourth in the Time Quintet. Really enjoying the series. Annihilation is our next work book club book, and A Wrinkle in Time is for March. And I had to buy Simon after I finished that from the library!

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AllenTStClair
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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Just finished this one this morning. It's definitely a lot better than A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet...but none of them compare to A Wrinkle in Time, in my opinion. However, still a fine read, so it's a pick.

robinb Beautiful cover! 7y
AllenTStClair @robinb All the covers in this series' edition are very pretty. 7y
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AllenTStClair
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Glory be unto the choosing jar! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Jennick2004 What a fun idea!! 7y
KCorter This was my favorite in the Time Quintet! I hope you love it! 7y
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Lmstraubie
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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My boys know how much I love the Wrinkle in Time series so they added these two to the first 3 for my birthday. 🎂🎈#liberthday @Liberty

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💕 7y
christineandbooks I really need to read those two also. 7y
rebecca_lib An Acceptable Time was always my favorite L'Engle! 7y
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CoffeeAndABook I've never read this series but have loved & re-read the two Katherine Forrester books 7y
tpixie I want to do a L'Engle readathon, but need to wait a bit 7y
KCorter Good kids! Many Waters was my favorite in the series. 😊 7y
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lauren.lerner
Many Waters | Madeleine L'Engle
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A range of #YA for #smellsliketeenspirit, all of them favorites for different reasons. All books pictured were taken from my "everyday bookcases" where most of my favorite books live (see previous post).

Side note:
I love this song so much & have for many years (I was 9yo when Nevermind dropped, but 11yo when I first listened to it). I still wonder what incredible music Kurt Cobain might have created if he hadn't died. #27club

#junetunz

Cinfhen #27Club is so sad 😣fame is such a double-edged sword 7y
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Downtonabbeyroad394
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Redjewel_7734
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Mehso-so

While a good twist on the Noah & the Ark story, this is my least favorite of the Time Quintet series. I just don't connect with the characters as much as those of the other books. They're fine & the story is sweet, but my main draw to it is that it is part of this series, not the story itself.

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KCorter
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Many Waters put me at 77 books for this year! Maybe I'll try to finish the year at an even 100.

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge

bmsddk Nice! 👏👏👏 8y
James 👌🍾 8y
Bookzombie Awesome!! 8y
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ultrabookgeek Many waters is one my favorite of the series! 8y
SaturnDoo 🖒🖒🖒 8y
KCorter @ultrabookgeek I haven't read the last book in the Time Quintet (that's next on my TBR!), but Many Waters is by far my favorite in the series. I loved learning more about the twins. 8y
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bookishbitch
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Book 4 in the Wrinkle in Time series. (out of 5) Mini mammoths, unicorns, time travel and Noah. A very fun read that was much more mature than I expected.

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maximoffs
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Fifty bajillion stars for this series, always.