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L'Engle is a prolific US writer of children's/young adults' fantasy - but she writes it so well that it is still very readable as an adult. Her masterpiece, A Wrinkle in Time has to be one of the top children's books ever written - which makes it all the more mind-boggling that it is in the top ten of children's books banned in the US - it can only because of the explicit Christian undertone. All L'Engle's books have such a basis, but it doesn't get in the way of brilliant storytelling, and allows her to explore some very alien concepts, like a many-eyed cherubim. We have only covered the set of books which involve the Murry family featured in Wrinkle in Time - see the US or UK shelf for L'Engle's full list, including the rather younger targetted Austin series.

Many Waters -
The latest Murry book, though chronologically it comes between Wind at the Door and Swiftly Tilting Planet. Here the 'boring' Murrys, the twins Sandy and Dennys finally get something interesting to do, rather than be foils to their siblings. They are thrown back to a time that is somewhere between reality and myth - to the time of Noah, leading up to the building of the ark. L'Engle's triumph is to make this far-distant time so alien and human at the same time. Mythical beasts exist alongside miniature mammoths, and two sets of earth-bound angels, the good but hands-off Seraphim and the darker Nephelim are frightening presences. Excellent stuff. New 25 November 98

A Swiftly Tilting Planet -
Last of the four in chronology, the youngest brother, Charles Wallace is now fifteen, while Meg is married and carrying her first child. A madman in a South American state threatens nuclear war - with the help of a unicorn and mental support from Meg, Charles Wallace merges with a number of individuals from the past, subtly changing reality. A fascinating (if rather unlikely) legend of how the Welsh prince Madoc and his brother came to the USA and how they interacted with the native Americans feeds into a later Welsh colony in Patagonia. Strangely compelling. New 25 November 98

A Wind at the Door -
Following soon on chronologically from A Wrinkle in Time, this is a mysterious book which takes Meg, the rather unpleasant school head teacher and a many-eyed cherubim (I know it's plural and so does L'Engle - see what the book says) inside Charles Wallace to battle the dark forces which are attacking his mitrochondria. This is only the last of the challenges that Meg and the cherubim face, starting with finding the right head teacher from two evil alternatives. It's very hard to describe this book without making it sound strange - but it is a wonderful story. New 25 November 98

A Wrinkle in Time -
An extraordinary children's book (9+) which is still very readable as an adult. Bizarrely this is in the top 10 of children's books banned in the US - it's crazy! Meg Murry and her younger brother Charles Wallace go on a strange journey through a tesseract to find their missing father. These misfit children have to travel into the influence of a dark shadow from which they might not return. Bluntly described it sounds like many a fantasy/SF juvenile adventure, but it's not - it's much more!  New 29 October 98

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