Austin Family Troubling a Star: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 5, Book 5, (Paperback)

from SueinCyprus

Fifth and last in the Austin family series of novels for teenagers. Vicky, who narrates approaches sixteen at the chronological start of the book, although brief introductions to each chapter show her getting colder and colder on an iceberg in the Antarctic. Very well written, with a great pace,...

from adietrick

After a difficult year away from her small-town home, Vicky Austin struggles to readjust to the life she once new with her old school and old friends. Then she is introduced to her friend Adam's great-aunt, Serena, and finds herself increasingly happier and encouraged in both her writing and in h...

from liahna89

By far my favourite of the Austin novels. The book contiues in the sligltly bizzare vein of the rest of Madeliene L'Engle's books. The reader must understand and take for granted that the books do not occur in any set time period, so the setting sometimes seems to take place in the future and som...

from mseymou1

Troubling a Star is one of my all-time favorite books. In this novel, Vicky Austin, beloved heroine of many of L'Engle's novels, goes on a cruise to Antarctica, and gets wrapped up in political intrigue along the way. The book does a fantastic job of weaving the story of Vicky's personal struggle...

from liahna89

By far my favourite of the Austin novels. The book contiues in the sligltly bizzare vein of the rest of Madeliene L'Engle's books. The reader must understand and take for granted that the books do not occur in any set time period, so the setting sometimes seems to take place in the future and som...