Meet the Austins / Madeleine L'Engle.
Title:
Meet the Austins / Madeleine L'Engle.
ISBN:
9780312379315
9781439581261
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Square Fish ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Square Fish, [2008]
©1997
Physical Description:
230 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
General Note:
"Previously published in slightly different form: New York : Vanguard Press, 1960. "The chapter entitled "The Anti-Muffins" was published in slightly different form in 1980 by the Pilgrim Press"--Title page verso
"With a new introduction by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy, Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughters"--Back cover.
Includes an interview with author.
Contents:
Introduction -- Telephone call -- Scream in the office -- Terrible week -- How not to have an aunt in one hard lesson -- Anti-muffins -- Visit to the stable.
Summary:
"For a family with four kids, two dogs, assorted cats, and a constant stream of family and friends dropping by, life in the Austin family home has always been remarkably steady and contented. When a family friend suddenly dies in a plane crash, the Austins open their home to an orphaned girl, Maggy Hamilton. The Austin children -- Vicky, John, Suzy, and Rob -- do their best to be generous and welcoming to Maggy. Vicky knows she should feel sorry for Maggy, but having sympathy for Maggy is no easy thing. Maggy is moody and spoiled; she breaks toys, wakes people in the middle of the night screaming, discourages homework, and generally causes chaos in the Austin household. How can one small child disrupt a family of six? Will life ever return to normal?" -- Back cover.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.3 8 10131.
Interest age level:
For readers about 14 and up.
Audience:
1010L Lexile
Series Title:
Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
ocn213300964
Availability:
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