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Many Waters (Time Quintet #4)

Madeleine L'Engle (1986)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages310 (Standard (250-400))
SeriesTime Quintet #4
SettingSpace
CSM age10
Goodreads3.95/5 (50624)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersTime-Displaced

Synopsis

Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden, make an occasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing especially interesting has happened to the twins until they accidentally interrupt their father's experiment. Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. They find themselves alone in the desert, where, if they believe in unicorns, they can find unicorns, and whether they believe or not, mammoths and manticores will find them. The twins are rescued by Japheth, a man from the nearby oasis, but before he can bring them to safety, Dennys gets lost. Each boy is quickly embroiled in the conflicts of this time and place, whose populations includes winged seraphim, a few stray mythic beasts, perilous and beautiful Nephilim, and small, long lived humans who consider Sandy and Dennys giants. The boys find they have more to do in the oasis than simply getting themselves home--they have to reunite an estranged father and son, but it won't be easy, especially when the son is named Noah and he's about to start building a boat in the desert.

Is Many Waters (Time Quintet #4) appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

Twin brothers travel back to biblical times before Noah's flood, encountering mythical creatures and seraphim. Contains mild peril and references to biblical narrative including the Nephilim, but is gentle middle grade fantasy appropriate for the age group.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Twins accidentally travel to the time of Noah and meet unicorns, mammoths, angels, and giants while trying to get home and help reunite a father and son.

Tags

Biblical FantasyTime TravelMiddle Grade AdventureReligious Fantasy