An Acceptable Time -- Madeleine L'Engle

<p><b><i>An Acceptable Time</i>, the final book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet, the series that began with the Newbery Award winner <i>A Wrinkle in Time. </i>While spending time with her grandparents, Alex and Kate Murry, Polly O'Keefe wanders into a time 3,000 years before her own. <p/>A rich and heady brew . . . fine fantasy, firmly rooted in reality.'' --<i>Publisher's Weekly</i><br></b><br><i>Under their feet, the ground seemed to tremble.</i> <p/>A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears. <p/>Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed 3,000 years ago? Will she be able to get back to the present before the time gate closes -- and leaves her to face a group of people who believe in human sacrifice? <p/><b>Praise for <i>An Acceptable Time</i>: </b> <p/>"When Polly O'Keefe visits her grandparents in Connecticut, she finds herself caught up in the lives of three mysterious strangers [who lived] 3,000 years ago [and] travels back in time to play a crucial role in an ancient confrontation. . . L'Engle has again achieved the award-winning style of <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i>. . . Highly recommended." --<i>VOYA</i> <p/>A rich and heady brew . . . fine fantasy, firmly rooted in reality.'' --<i>Publisher's Weekly<br></i><br><b>Books by Madeleine L'Engle</b> <p/><b>A Wrinkle in Time Quintet</b><i><br>A Wrinkle in Tim