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Book Review By Anne Walker
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engle

Vicky Austin, a middling-teenage girl, is confused by the whirl of events around her that are escalating beyond her control. Her grandfather is dying of an incurable disease, and she becomes frightened when he adresses her as her dead grandmother. She also cannot understand her feelings about a triangle of young men who find her attractive.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Family, caring for ill Yes
Who is sick? - Grampa/ma
because he/she is - physically ill
Unmarried Love Triangle? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Island? Yes
Island: - on vacation
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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