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Goodbye, Madeline L’Engle

Madeline L’Engle, who I consider one of the best children’s authors of all-time, passed away on Thursday. NY Times Article is here

I read A Wrinkle In Time in elementary school and loved it. A complex story of high imagination. Later, in my adult life, I purchased all the books in the Wrinkle series. Just a month ago I read A Swiftly Tilted Planet and was captivated by the complex yet simple story.

Her theology was a bit unorthodox for some, but I always enjoyed the fact that she put a lot of her faith in her books. God was always present, Jesus was always mentioned, and it was always Good vs Evil. Not all that can be said about Harry Potter.

I think L’Engle is better than JK Rowling. If the ending of Harry Potter has got you down, I would suggest staring with A Wrinkle in Time and/or Meet the Austins.

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3 Responses to “Goodbye, Madeline L’Engle”

  1. Nubi Says:
    September 10th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    I get indignant
    You get outraged
    I get patronising
    You get hostile

    We agree to disagree! :)

  2. Nubi Says:
    September 10th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    PS .. the adjectives are interchangeable…

  3. jmannlein Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 6:22 am

    As a fan of her works,
    She is missed.
    I also purchased the Time Quartet about five years ago. It was worth reading. I had read the first three years ago but not Many Waters. It was a pretty good book is probably my favorite of the group.

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