Many Waters is the fourth of Madeleine L'Engle's books about the Murry family, a group first introduced in her Newbery award-winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time. The Murrys are also the focus of two other books, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. In Many Waters, L'Engle's protagonists are the Murry twins, Sandy (Alexander) and Dennys, the "normal," well-adapted members of the clan, who, up until this book, have never participated in any of the mystical adventures of their siblings, Meg and Charles Wallace.
Donald Hettinga, L'Engle's...
Source: Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, ©1999 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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