Many Waters, by Madeline L'Engle
http://www.amazon.com/Many-Waters-Madeleine-LEngle/dp/0312368577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250706132&sr=8-1
(I'm a HUGE L'Engle fan, so this preview may be a little biased!)
In MANY WATERS, book 4 in the Time Quintet series, L'Engle once again utilizes her customary blend of myth and science, simplicity and depth to create another intensely beautiful tale about the Murray family, this time starring the "normal" twins, Sandy and Dennys. There is less tessering action in this one and the plot can consequently feel a little slow at times, but hey! It's Madeline L'Engle, what's not to like? The setting is a bleak antediluvian desert, but the story sparkles with color through L'Engle's descriptions of the various skin, hair, and eye tones of the story's characters, as well as the quintessential L'Engle star passages. I'm totally in love with Calvin O'Keefe from A Wrinkle in Time, so I was saddened by the lack of a Calvin Factor in this book, but it was still great to see the Murray twins fleshed out more and to find that even they are not so ordinary as they first appear. There are definitely more adult themes in this one than the other Time Quintet's, but they are handed in what I felt was a very tasteful manner.
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