The Moon by Night
The Moon by Night by Madeleine L’Engle is the second installment in the Austin Family Chronicles, published by Macmillan on September 2, 2008. This edition, written in English and spanning 288 pages, follows the journey of Vicky Austin as she navigates the challenges of adolescence amidst significant changes in her family life. With her brother heading off to college and the family relocating from their rural home to New York City, Vicky’s world is filled with the typical trials of a fourteen-year-old, compounded by the complexities of family dynamics.
Readers will find Vicky’s story unfolds during a cross-country camping trip, where the Austin family encounters various adventures and challenges. The narrative explores themes of family, love, and the coming-of-age experience, as Vicky grapples with her emotions and the uncertainties of growing up. The book addresses social themes relevant to young readers, including the dynamics of family and the experience of orphans and foster homes, all while capturing the essence of adolescence in a relatable manner.
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Book two of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up.
“Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read . . . this wise, beautifully written novel.” —Chicago Tribune
As if simply being fourteen-years-old weren’t bad enough—what with the usual teenage angst and uncertainty, Vicky Austin’s always comforting and reliable home life is changing completely. Her brother John is going off to college in the fall. Maggy, an orphan taken in by the Austins two years ago, has gone to live with her legal guardian. And the rest of Vicky’s family is moving from their quiet house in the country to the heart of New York City.
But before the big move, the entire Austin family is taking a meandering trip across the country in their station wagon, stopping to camp along the way, with no set schedule and not a single night of camping experience among them.
Wild animal attacks. Life-threatening natural disasters. Cute boys on the prowl. Anything can happen in the great outdoors.
Praise for The Moon by Night:
“Idealistic and wise, this is also absorbing reading and very much a story of today.” —The Horn Book Magazine
“Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read its successor. . . . Vicky, groping painfully for answers, finding help from many sources, will strike chords of sympathy and understanding in her contemporaries, who are certain to find comfort and satisfaction in this wise, beautifully written novel.” —Chicago Tribune
“The Austin family spends the summer on a cross-country camping trip . . . Vicky, now ‘almost 15,’ tells the story, and the reader feels a strong personal identification with the thoughts and emotions of this age group through her story.” —School Library Journal
“With natural dialogue and good characterization, this story of an intelligent, lifelike family is far superior to the average fare for the early teens.” —Booklist
Books by Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time Quintet
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Many Waters
An Acceptable Time
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L’Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson
Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L’Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time.
The Austin Family Chronicles
Meet the Austins (Volume 1)
The Moon by Night (Volume 2)
The Young Unicorns (Volume 3)
A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book!
Troubling a Star (Volume 5)
The Polly O’Keefe books
The Arm of the Starfish
Dragons in the Waters
A House Like a Lotus
And Both Were Young
Camilla
The Joys of Love
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