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The Polly O'Keefe quartet  Cover Image Book Book

The Polly O'Keefe quartet / Madeleine L'Engle ; Leonard S. Marcus, editor.

L'Engle, Madeleine, (author.). Marcus, Leonard S., 1950- (editor.). L'Engle, Madeleine. Container of (work) : Arm of the starfish. (Added Author). L'Engle, Madeleine. Container of (work) : Dragons in the water. (Added Author). L'Engle, Madeleine. Container of (work) : House like a lotus. (Added Author). L'Engle, Madeleine. Container of (work) : Acceptable time. (Added Author).

Summary:

This second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of love in A House Like a Lotus. And in An Acceptable Time, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself

Record details

  • ISBN: 159853579X
  • ISBN: 9781598535792
  • Physical Description: 1,045 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : The Library of America, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
A Wrinkle in Time was only the beginning: here, together for the first time in a deluxe Library of America edition, are the thrilling adventures of Meg Murray's daughter Polly
Formatted Contents Note:
The Arm of the Starfish -- Dragons in the Waters -- A House Like a Lotus -- An Acceptable Time
Subject: Science fiction, American.
Children's stories, American.
Genre: Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pottsville District Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pottsville Free Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pottsville Free Public Library LOA FIC SF (Text)
Donated: Donated by Edward J. Donahue III in memory of LaVerne Scheibelhut Donahue
30003009053933 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: This second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of love in A House Like a Lotus. And in An Acceptable Time, Polly is lured through a tesseract by a friend who may be hoping to sacrifice Polly in order to save himself

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