A wind in the door (Book two of the time quintet)

Author: Madeleine L'Engle


One afternoon, Charles Wallace Murry tells Meg Murry that there are dragons in Sandy and Dennys's vegetable garden. But Charles later finds out that they are not dragons. It is Prognioskes, a cherubim (which is actually plural for a cherub but he may as well be because he has multiple wings and eyes but he's rather like a seraph) . Blajeny, a mysterious man who insists on being a teacher, tells Meg, Charles and Calvin O' Keefe that they will have three tests. Meg and Proginoskes' first test is to name the real Mr. Jenkins out of three. But later, Meg finds inside the mitochondria of Charles Wallace, trying to save her sick brother who will die if he is not saved.

I like the characters in this book and the way they kythe, which is like telepathy, to talk.

---> Mitochondrion <---

Samuel Morse's birthday

Today, 27 of April, is Samuel Morse's birthday. Samuel Morse is the inventor of morse code.

                                       This is morse code -->

A Wrinkle in Time (Book 1)

Author: Madeleine L'Engle


It was a dark and stormy night. Meg Murry meets Charles Wallace Murry's friends, Mrs Who, Mrs Which and Mrs Whatsit, who take  them off to find their father who disappeared whilst he was working on a tesseract project. Charles, Meg and their new friend Calvin travel to faraway planets in search of their father. When they arrive at the planet their father is trapped on, Charles is kidnapped by the master of the little town they arrive at. Can Calvin and Meg get Charles and Mr Murry back?

I like how on the planet that Mr Murry is trapped on everyone does everything exactly the same, like robots.

Tesseract

Summer and Bird

Author: Katherine Catmull


Sisters Summer and Bird wake up one morning to find their parents have disappeared. Their mother has left them a picture note, so Summer and Bird find that they have to wander into the forest which is close to their home. Summer and Bird find talking birds and stories of their mother and father and stories of birds. The evil Puppeteer captures Bird and convinces her that she will be queen of the birds. Bird is taken to bird court and she does not realise that the great swan who is queen of the birds is actually her mother.

I like the character called Ben in this book. He is half bird, although Summer does not realise this at first.

A Quote from Mark Twain

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”

- Mark Twain