Synopsis A companion piece to "A Wrinkle in Time" featuring Meg Murray, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and family friend Calvin O'Keefe. When Charles becomes convinced that there are dragons in the family vegetable garden, his investigation uncovers not dragons but a mysterious alien. Soon he, Meg, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins (the unfriendly school principal) are involved in an intergalactic adventure.
With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-08-01 | | Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Note "Through a day and night of terror, the forces of good and evil fight for thelife of a boy and the ultimate salvation of mankind. Mrs. L'Engle proves onceagain that she is a fine and sensitive teller of tales".--Publishers Weekly.
Meg Murry cant help but be worried when her six-year-old brother, Charles Wallace, announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden. Hes so bright, and so different from other kids, hes getting bullied at school, and he is also strangely, seriously ill.But Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--actually a friendly entity who has come to help Charles Wallace fight his sickness, and to take Meg and her friend Calvin O'Keefe on a terrifying, wonderful journey into galactic space--where they must battle the force of evil to save Charles Wallace, and themselves.
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