Troubling a star /
L'Engle, Madeleine.
Troubling a star / Madeleine L'Engle. - 1st Square Fish ed. - New York : Square Fish, 2008. - 324 pages : genealogical tables ; 20 cm - Austin family chronicles ; 5 . - L'Engle, Madeleine. Austin family chronicles ; 5. .
Includes interview with author. Introduction by Charlotte Jones and Lena Roy. Reprint with new introduction and "Go Fish" section. Previously published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
"The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had all missed the predictability and security of life in Thornhill, Vicky Austin is discovering that slipping back into her old life isn't easy. She's been changed by life in New York City and her travels around the country while her old friends seem to have stayed the same. So Vicky finds herself spending time with a new friend, Serena Eddington -- the great-aunt of a boy Vicky met over the summer. Aunt Serena gives Vicky an incredible birthday gift -- a month-long trip to Antarctica. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. But Vicky is nervous. She's never been away from her family before. Once she sets off though, she finds that's the least of her worries. She receives threatening letters. She's surrounded by suspicious characters. Vicky no longer knows who to trust. And she may not make it home alive"--Page 4 of cover.
Ages 11 up.
031237934X 9780312379346
Americans--Antarctica--Juvenile fiction.
Avarice--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Antarctica--Juvenile fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Troubling a star / Madeleine L'Engle. - 1st Square Fish ed. - New York : Square Fish, 2008. - 324 pages : genealogical tables ; 20 cm - Austin family chronicles ; 5 . - L'Engle, Madeleine. Austin family chronicles ; 5. .
Includes interview with author. Introduction by Charlotte Jones and Lena Roy. Reprint with new introduction and "Go Fish" section. Previously published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.
"The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had all missed the predictability and security of life in Thornhill, Vicky Austin is discovering that slipping back into her old life isn't easy. She's been changed by life in New York City and her travels around the country while her old friends seem to have stayed the same. So Vicky finds herself spending time with a new friend, Serena Eddington -- the great-aunt of a boy Vicky met over the summer. Aunt Serena gives Vicky an incredible birthday gift -- a month-long trip to Antarctica. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. But Vicky is nervous. She's never been away from her family before. Once she sets off though, she finds that's the least of her worries. She receives threatening letters. She's surrounded by suspicious characters. Vicky no longer knows who to trust. And she may not make it home alive"--Page 4 of cover.
Ages 11 up.
031237934X 9780312379346
Americans--Antarctica--Juvenile fiction.
Avarice--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Antarctica--Juvenile fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)