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A Ring of Endless Light (平装)
by Madeleine L'Engle
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Award-winning books, Fiction, Life & death, Ages9-12, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 98.00
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¥ 78.00
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MSL rating:
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A girl encounters love, friendship, and questions the true purpose of life, as well as what death truly means. Using symbolism and metaphors to represent life and death, the book celebrates everything beautiful and good in this world, which often goes unnoticed in the midst of the darkness, fear and confusion. |
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K. Chen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
A Ring of Endless Light is one of my all time favorite books. It inspired me to read all of the Austin series. The book is about a teenager, Vicky Austin, and her journey on the path to coping with her grandfather's illness, and eventual death. On her way, she encounters love and friendship, and questions the true purpose of life, as well as what death truly means. She rides with dolphins, and has a child die in her arms. Many events happen during the summer in which this is set, and readers can watch Vicky as she grows up. Madeleine L'Engle is an excellent writer and her portraits of the characters in the novel are full and leave little, if anything, to be desired. I recommend this book for anybody 13 or over who has suffered loss that has left them wishing for answers. Even if you feel you haven't encountered loss, read it; Vicky will surely strike a chord. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This book was so good! Vicky Austin is growing up and facing a world of death, her poetic mind and soul pull her out with the help of her oneness with the dolphins. Every time I read it I feel like I get more and more out of the book. Her poetry speaks truth the morals they preach are ones to follow for life and her life as a normal girl facing the toughest situation in her life is portrayed gracefully and wonderfully L'engle has outdone herself in the honest touching life giving book. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I've always enjoyed Madeleine L'Engle's books, but I think that this one has to be one of her very best, the other one being A Wrinkle in Time. Like the two previous books in the Austin series, this one centers around the struggles and triumphs of a teenager named Vicky Austin. She and her family have moved in with her grandfather, who is dying of leukemia. In addition to that trial, Vicky has to choose between three young men: Leo, whom she's known all her life and who can identify with the struggle she's going through with her beloved grandfather; Zachary, the poor little rich boy whom Vicky can't quite figure out; and Adam, the gentle, caring-and yet confusing marine biologist. Join Vicky as she travels the path to adulthood-complete with its disappointments and successes-and learns more about herself and the people around her. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes Madelien L'Engle, and enjoys a good read. It was realistic, and yet had that mysterious element of fantasy that L'Engle is so good at inserting. By all means-read it! You won't regret it. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
The first time I read this book in the fifth grade I felt possibly as frustrated as the heroine. I was pissed on her behalf at the world of problems and especially at the way every other adult figure kept trying to tell her what to do. A couple of weeks ago I picked up this book with the intention of clearing out my books of youth and ended up re-reading it. And was amazed. The book was so different in examination from every other book Madeleine had written I must have been thrown off course as a child. Reading it now, however, makes me realize just how true to the teenage psyche this book is. The plot is amazingly sensitive and the characters well-developed. And those dolphins still afford the same feeling of peace and serenity they did in my memory. Truly a book every child should read. |
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Amanda (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I really loved this book, it was my favorite. I read A Ring of Endless Light last year. This is the only book I have ever read from Madeleine L'Engle. But after reading this one, I just know all the others will be good. I hope to read all the other stories about the Austins. Anyway, this book was about a 15-year-old girl named Vicky Austin. She has to go to New York with her family to stay with her grandfather, who is sick with Leukemia. Soon after she gets there, she meets up with her old love, Zachary. He has many problems, and just before, had tried to commit suicide. Vicky also meets one of her older brother's friends, Adam. He is a marine biologist and works with dolphins. She starts to like him and he is very close with her also, but treats her like a little kid at times, and she really hates that. She gets to go out into the ocean with him and meet a dolphin, Bazil. While all this is happening, Vicky's grandfather is slowly dying, and Zachary is very depressed and constantly wanting attention from her. She faces many complications along the way, but learns from all of them. If you like dolphins, this is a wonderful book for you. Also, I recommend it for all ages, disregard the age range listed. This book made me cry, I loved the ending, but throughout the entire book, it kept me wanting to read. I have never been this excited about reading a book before, and I am certainly not someone who reads a lot. I hope anyone who reads A Ring of Endless Light enjoys it as much as I did. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
If you're looking for a book that has a great plot and intriguing characters, then this is it. Vicky Austen is having a problem with death going on all around her... a darkness that seems to want to swallow her whole. She finds refuge within Adam, one of the three boys who are interested in her, and his project with dolphins. Then, when the darkness finally seems to swallow her, she returns to the dolphins, and Adam, who fight to bring her back into the light, to take her place as a light-bearer. I loved it so much I bought it to read over and over again! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I picked this book up the other day with the intention of just giving myself some light reading, but I was certainly not prepared for the emotional impact that this book had on me! I've rarely read anything so moving or powerful. The characters are compellingly drawn; you don't just read about Vicky, you become Vicky, with all of the struggles that accompany growing up and experiencing friendship, love, and loss. This book celebrates everything beautiful and good in this world, where such things often go unnoticed in the midst of all the darkness, fear and confusion that seem so prevalent. Uplifting in every sense... you won't be disappointed. |
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Karen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
In A Ring of Endless Light, the emotional and poetic Vicky Austin is nearly sixteen, and is facing her grandfather's impending death. This book is among L'Engle's best, and will surely touch each and every reader. As you discover the beauty of life through a clan of peaceful, joyous dolphins, you will feel the burden of death as it surrounds Vicky and threatens to consume her. L'Engle shares an understanding of life and death so wise and unique, that it will linger in your memory forever. Her captivating poetry contributes graceful clarity. Vicky Austin is certainly a character everyone can identify with. The descriptions are stunning, the development is smooth, realistic, and vivid, and the story is unforgettable. It's sure to become one of your favorites. |
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Jillianne (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This book deserved way more than just 5 stars. Madeleine L'Engle used symbolism and metaphors to represent life and death. She brought it out in the open in terms everyone could understand. She made the characters so realistic that when they felt pain, you felt it as well. I have read this book multiple times and still tear up every time. This book is amazing and it keeps you reading and makes you think about the events going on in the world around you. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I don't even know how many years it has been since I first read this book, but it remains, after more than 15 years, one of my favorite books. I have read and re-read most of L'Engle's work, but this is one of my favorites. It is a wonderful book about accepting pain and loss and finding joy through the darkness. Vicky is a character that most young girls can relate to, and her difficult journey into adulthood is very realistic. I learned so much from this book growing up, and I still learn from it every time I read it. |
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