The Young Unicorns, Madeleine LEngle
The Young Unicorns, Madeleine LEngle
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The Young Unicorns
Book Three of The Austin Family Chronicles

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2019


Synopsis

Book three 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.

"A first-rate suspense story." -The Washington Post Book World

The Austins are trying to settle into their new life in New York City, but their once close-knit family is pulling away from each other. Their father spends long hours alone in his study working on the research project that brought the family to the city. John is away at college. Rob is making friends with people in the neighborhood: newspaper vendors, dog walkers, even the local rabbi. Suzy is blossoming into a vivacious young woman. And Vicky has become closer to Emily Gregory, a blind and brilliant young musician, than to her sister Suzy.

With the Austins going in different directions, they don't notice that something sinister is going on in their neighborhood-and it's centered around them. A mysterious genie appears before Rob and Emily. A stranger approaches Vicky in the park and calls her by name. Members of a local gang are following their father. The entire Austin family is in danger. If they don't start telling each other what's going on, someone just might get killed.

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 March 23, 2011

My L'Engle reviews seem to have a theme: complaining noises followed by assertions why said complaints are meaningless in view of the whole, and a reference to love as the universal solvent. This book is no different. I'm unable to keep from rolling my eyes when Rob, age 7, pipes up with a malapropi......more

Goodreads review by CLM on July 23, 2008

I found this book quite unnerving when I first read it, and it made a profound impression. However, my proudest (most shameful?) moment was in college taking Shakespeare when the final exam included a question about Coriolanus, which I had not actually had time to read because so busy writing in my......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on August 16, 2019

The only reason I’m giving this book 3 stars instead of 2 is because it breaks my heart to speak badly about Madeleine L’Engle. Up until now I’ve loved the Austin Family chronicles. The books show such a comforting view of 1950’s and 60’s America and focus on Vicky Austin as she grows up. The Young......more

Goodreads review by Angie on April 05, 2013

Originally reviewed here @ Angieville So. I am a longtime Madeleine L'Engle devotee. It started back when I was 10 with A Wrinkle in Time and it has stretched out over the years into a lifelong love affair. One of the more treasured and personal ones in my life. And while I love all her worlds, this......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on September 22, 2020

The Young Unicorns differs completely from the previous two novels in Madeleine L’Engle’s Austin Family Chronicles. The first novel, Meet the Austins, introduces us both to the lovely Austin family but also to the theme of the importance of family — which is defined more by love than blood. The seco......more