- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reissue edition (1 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440405483
- ISBN-13: 978-0440405481
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13.1 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,320,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A touch of computer keys, a blast of heat, and suddenly the Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are gasping in a shimmering desert land. If only the brothers had normal parents, not a scientist mother and a father who experiments with space and time travel. If only the Murry twins had noticed the note on the door of their mother's lab: Experiment In
Progress. Please Keep Out
But it's too late for regrets. There's a strange-and very small-person approaching, with a miniature mammoth in tow. . . .
At last it's Sandy and Dennys's turn for an adventure-an adventure that turns serious when they discover that "many waters" are coming to flood the desert. The twins must find a way back home soon, or they will drown. But how will they get back to their own time? Can they?
Progress. Please Keep Out
But it's too late for regrets. There's a strange-and very small-person approaching, with a miniature mammoth in tow. . . .
At last it's Sandy and Dennys's turn for an adventure-an adventure that turns serious when they discover that "many waters" are coming to flood the desert. The twins must find a way back home soon, or they will drown. But how will they get back to their own time? Can they?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Murray books (which start with "A Wrinkle in Time") are all excellent young adults' books, blending science fiction, fantasy and serious themes relating to the world in which we find ourselves. "Many Waters" is, in some ways, the most adult of the books. In some ways it is also the most fantasy-ful (I know that fantastic is the correct word, but it would be misunderstood) and also the most "factual", strangely enough.
L'Engle largely takes the antediluvian Bible history seriously, and seeks to envisage the world in which it takes place. Her answer isn't consistent with what many creationists would suggest, but it is coherent and plausible. She plumps for the theologically well-known idea that angels take a physical form, and are identifiable to the humans, and also explores the theologically solid idea that the two family lines - Cain's and Seth's - respond in very different ways to God.
The Murray twins find themselves having travelled back in time, and need to return home before they get caught up in Noah's flood. Superimposed on this plot, the story gently explores the idea of how a supposedly loving God could destroy the earth with a flood.
L'Engle largely takes the antediluvian Bible history seriously, and seeks to envisage the world in which it takes place. Her answer isn't consistent with what many creationists would suggest, but it is coherent and plausible. She plumps for the theologically well-known idea that angels take a physical form, and are identifiable to the humans, and also explores the theologically solid idea that the two family lines - Cain's and Seth's - respond in very different ways to God.
The Murray twins find themselves having travelled back in time, and need to return home before they get caught up in Noah's flood. Superimposed on this plot, the story gently explores the idea of how a supposedly loving God could destroy the earth with a flood.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Many Waters, sequel to A Wrinkle in Time, is a great story by Madeline L'Engle. This science fiction book features two twin boys: Sandy and Dennys Murry. Sandy and Dennys Murry have two scientists for parents and two other siblings- Meg, their older college sister, and Charles Wallace, their smart but younger brother. Both boys have blond hair and blue eyes. The setting of the story is the twins' house and a desert. In the story Sandy and Dennys go into their mother's lab. But unfortunately the twins don't see the "EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS: PLEASE KEEP OUT" sign until it's too late, and Sandy and Dennys are whisked away to a desert. Then they learn that many waters are coming to flood the desert, and they can't get home! My favorite scene in the book is when Sandy and Dennys first see the unicorn because I would have liked to have been there. My favorite character in the book is Sandy because he never gets disappointed and is always ready for anything. I would recommend this book because in the book all the complicated science words were explained and it's just plain good! On a scale of one to ten I would rate Many Waters a ten because it's captivating and fun to read!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading this book. I NEVER reread books, and I've read this one 4 times. I found it fascinating to read Exodus and see how accurate the book's Biblical facts were. If you like Madeleine L'Engle books, you'll love this one. A farely quick read and surely worth buying! READ IT!!!!!!!
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Fantastic!
Madeleine L'Engle captured my imagination as a child when I read A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door and A Swiflty Tilting Planet. Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by G. Bruist
Great!
The book was great! I liked it because it interwined the biblical story of Noah's Ark and sciencefiction, without it being noticable. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2000
A Great Novel
The Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys,were just trying to get some food when they are blasted into a time of many waters,the time of Noah and the ark... Read more
Published on 25 July 1999
The best in the Wrinkle In Time series.
This book was a welcome adventure for the twins. Not only did it have the same thrills of the other books in this set, but it had a more understandable sense. Read more
Published on 27 May 1999
You have to read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madeleine L'Engle is my favorite author because she really knows what she's talking about. I think she is the 1 author that i have read that combines fantasy, fiction, and just... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 1999
A short review explaining why people should read the book.
I read this book and loved every word. I was pulled inside the book while every magial and exiting thing happend. Read more
Published on 21 May 1998
ideal for the religous type
Madeleine L'Engle combines unicorns, a desert, and Noah's Ark into one book. Keeps you on the edge and hard to put down at times.
Published on 18 April 1998
Worth reading!
Although I didn't like Many Waters as much of the rest of the murry books(a wrinkle in time, a swiftly tilty planet) this is a really good book! Read more
Published on 2 Nov 1997
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