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	• An Acceptable Time Madeleine L'Engle Perfection Learning Prebound, 1991 average customer review:based on 55 reviews
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An Acceptable Time

I highly recommend this book to readers of all ages!! It is one in a series of 5 books and they are all amazing!!!

An Acceptable Book

An Acceptable Time is the final book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet, but if you happen to pick up this book first, you can dive into it with little problem. The idea of a Quintet, in this case, is more a marketing device than anything else. Each story stands alone. Yes, the five books have related characters, but so do other L'Engle novels that are not considered part of the Quintet (you can consult the family tree at the back of the book to see the interrelationships). But with that caveat stated, An Acceptable Time is a decent conclusion to the Quintet.

The main character in this novel is Polly O'Keefe, the daughter of Meg Murry and Calvin O'Keefe from previous books, making her the first and only character of the her generation to appear in one of the Quintet stories (though other O'Keefe children appear in other non-Quintet books). Polly is staying with her genius grandparents in New England to get a better education, and as typically happens around the Murry household, strange things happen. In this case, a time portal of sort opens up between the present and a time 3,000 years earlier. And as Polly soon finds out, she is not the first person of her time to go through this portal.

The first person is actually the retired bishop, Nason Colubra, who has used this portal to interact with the local Indian tribe who calls themselves the People of the Wind. The People have met strangers in the past, in particular two druids who came from far away to join them. The People have prospered of late, unlike another local tribe which is carrying out raids to deal with their poverty. To end a drought, Polly is targeted for human sacrifice, which gives her good reason to stay out of the past. Unfortunately, Polly's dangerously self-centered (and very ill) friend Zachary brings her beyond the portal, which this time shuts behind her, leaving her possibly trapped in the past.

As is typically the case, L'Engle creates fast-moving, thought-provoking material which doesn't get preachy or condescending. Though aimed at a young adult audience, it can be enjoyed by older people, not unlike the Harry Potter books. In fact, if you are looking for new material (or actually not-so-new material) to read now that the Potter series is concluded, the Time Quintet book may be satisfying. They're completely different from Harry Potter, but they are good in their own way.

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It is an intriguing metamorposis thru time...

This book is interesting. It is well written and is in a group all on its own from L'Engle's other books. This time, we go with Polly O'Keefe on a journey to a past time in history where she is captured by the people across the lake. It has an interesting plot to it and is a nice read.

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A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears.

Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed 3,000 years ago? Will she be able to get back to the present before the time gate closes -- and leaves her to face a group of people who believe in human sacrifice?

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