{"product_id":"9781598535792","title":"Madeleine L'Engle: The Polly O'Keefe Quartet (LOA #310)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Wrinkle in Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMadeleine L'Engle's \u003ci\u003eA Wrinkle in Time\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beloved and influential novels for young readers ever written, a thrilling tale in which fourteen-year-old Meg Murry and her schoolmate Calvin O'Keefe use a tesseract to travel across space and time to save Meg's scientist father from dire forces threatening the universe. But \u003ci\u003eA Wrinkle in Time\u003c\/i\u003e was only the beginning of the adventure. Now, for the first time, L'Engle's iconic classic and all seven of its sequels--the complete Kairos (\"cosmic time\") novels--are collected in a deluxe two-volume Library of America edition, together with never-seen-before deleted passages and hard-to-find essays in which L'Engle reflects on her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In \u003ci\u003eThe Arm of the Starfish\u003c\/i\u003e, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In \u003ci\u003eDragons in the Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eA House Like a Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e. And in \u003ci\u003eAn Acceptable Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA companion volume gathers the first four Kairos Novels, the Wrinkle in Time quartet, which also includes \u003ci\u003eA Wind in the Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Swiftly Tilting Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMany Waters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.","brand":"Madeleine L'Engle","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47432571486420,"sku":"9781598535792","price":54.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8a459c7e-14d4-4b68-8a9f-11737f1a7687.jpg?v=1767993581","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781598535792","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}