The Moon by Night, Madeleine LEngle
The Moon by Night, Madeleine LEngle
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The Moon by Night
Book Two of The Austin Family Chronicles

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2019

Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was born in New York City and attended Smith College. She wrote more than 60 books, the most famous of which is A Wrinkle In Time (1962), winner of the Newbery Award in 1963. L'Engle continued the story of the Murry family from A Wrinkle In Time with seven other novels, all available on audio from Listening Library. She also wrote the famous series featuring the Austin family, beginning with the novel Meet The Austins (1960). L'Engle revisited the Austins four more times over the next three decades, concluding with Troubling a Star in 1994. The story of the Austins had some autobiographical elements, mirroring Madeleine's life and the life of her family. Read more about L'Engle's life in Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melody on January 17, 2015

2015-The narrator drove me mad. She was SO DRAMATIC and her Zachary was just over the top. The rest of my review stands. 2011- Let me say first that it's a wonderful book. The characters are people you care about, and get very involved with. The plot is fun. The writing is excellent. However, I thin......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 30, 2016

This review also appears on my blog, Read-at-Home Mom. The Moon By Night is the second book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Austin series, occurring roughly two years after the events of Meet the Austins. Vicky, who was then twelve, is now fourteen, and experiencing the typical doubts and growing pains associ......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on October 30, 2024

Twice I have read a series by the late Madeleine L’Engle, loving the debut novel while hating the sequel. But the sophomore slump is over! I really liked the first book in the Austin Family Chronicles, Meet the Austins, but I loved this follow-up, even more! Like many teenagers, Vicky Austin, now nea......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on August 08, 2012

The Moon by Night is the second Austin family book. This one, like the first, is told from Vicky's point of view and focuses on her experience of growing up. In The Moon by Night, Vicky and her family are traveling across the United States on a camping vacation as a sort of last hurrah before they ha......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on September 03, 2008

Growing up, L'Engle was one of my favorite authors, and I read pretty much any book I could find by her. Some became all-time favorites. Some I would not recommend or want to read again. This is one of the latter. Since I have a real soft spot for A Ring of Endless Light (a later book in the same Aus......more

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