Dragons in the Waters (Polly O'Keefe #2) by Madeleine L'Engle social themes She has won the John

She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature

She tells of Lucy's often stormy relationship with her brilliant but unreliable husband

A crotchety cactus explains how flowers use color

Sophia was thrilled to share what she knew about grasshoppers (her very favorite insects)

Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment

Dragons in the Waters (Polly O'Keefe #2) by Madeleine L'Engle social themes She has won the JohnThe follow up to The Arm of the Starfish has Simon and the O'Keefes trying to find a stolen painting and a murderer, all while trapped aboard a ship. Thirteen year old Simon Renier has no idea when he boards the M. S. Orion with his cousin Forsyth Phair that their journey to Venezuela will be a dangerous one. His original plan to return a family heirloom, a portrait of Simon Bolivar, to its rightful place is sidetracked when cousin Forsyth is found