Entertaining story!

The fourth book in the Wrinkle in Time series, this is one book I can happily say does NOT suffer if read out of order! It seems not really to be part of the series in that it focuses on Dennys and Sandy Murry, rather than the other children. If anyone has tried to read A Wrinkle in Time and gave up because it seemed too boring/technical, don't worry! Many Waters is nothing like that [though even if you liked A Wrinkle in Time, this is also a good book!]. The premise is that Dennys and Sandy--twins--and fiddling around with their father's computer equipment and accidently get pushed back in time! They find themselves in the time of Noah and his ark--that's right, from Genesis. However, this is a slightly different Genesis than most of us have thought of. It still has unicorns, mammoths, nephilim [fallen angels], and even some seraphim [angels still allied with God]. Madeleine L`Engle has truly done her research, as well as some private musings about what life back then could have been like. These people are much browner [so as not to be so vulnerable[sp?] to the sun], and are extremely short. Thus when Dennys and Sandy appear out of nowehere they find they have quite a few surprises in store for them! Madeleine has also added a new character not mentioned in the Bible--one Yalith, a young, attractive, bright daughter of Noah. Dennys and Sandy both begin to fall in love with her, and then things get even more interesting when it looks like El [God] did not include her in the plans for the ark! Altogether a wonderfully thought-out book when I can happily and unreservably recommend to adults and children alike!