- Juvenile fiction, Orphans, Fiction, Family
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father.
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Earnest, classical in form, spare and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Madeleine L'Engle
- First published
- 1960
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing, Lion, Vanguard Press
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781427205773
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First sentence
“"It started out to be a nice, normal, noisy evening."”
About Madeleine L'Engle · 1918–2007
American writer
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