Book one of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time , about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up. "Beautifully written, with integrity and warmth, and young people are bound...
The moment Maggy Hamilton steps into the happy lives of the Austin family, she disrupts their harmonious world, bringing with her all the sullenness and insolence of her own misery. Vicky Austin knows she should sympathize with Maggy for being an orphan, but she can't help but...