About this title: The lives of the six Austin children are forever changed when the family takes in a spoiled orphan named Maggy Hamilton. Will the Austins be able to find a way to accept Maggy, and will Maggy ever allow herself to be happy again?
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Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 192 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent condition-like new. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 192 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN-13:9780374349295ISBN:0374349290
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"This book was delightful and comforting: much like curling up into a favorite chair with a mug of cocoa. Although I hadn't read it before, it felt familiar. The family brought to life by L'Engle is charming and lovely and it is easy to forget the blahs of daily life and fall in to the peaceful comfort of the Austin family: makes one wish for simpler times. I can't wait to read the next one in this series."
"I have more to say about this book than what I could ever even begin to write here. Emotionally, it was incredibly difficult for me to read, simply because it gets so much right about life and death and love and family. I must have read this when I was young, but I don't think I was ready for it then. Still, it will have the first place on the bookshelf I create for my future children."
"L'Engle is a great writer no denying it. It's a way different sort of book than the fantasy novels she's best known for. Her other Genre I feel is her forte, but it's a smart piece for older children up to young adults that is still above the average family feel good book, and worth reading."
"I'm having a lot of trouble deciding whether I liked this book or not. Unfortunately I read A Ring of Endless Light first, and Meet the Austins isn't anywhere near the depth and quality of A Ring of Endless Light, which is the 4th book in the series. I love reading about the Austin family, love their house, their lifestyle, their family interactions, but there was something I couldn't quite believe about it all. Maybe even the difficult events ended too perfectly or something. I can't quite put my finger on it. I also got the impression that the only reason L'Engle had the parents let Vicky & her older brother in on what was happening behind the scenes was because Vicky was supposed to be narrating the story and the reader needed to know what was going on."
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