Many Waters

Ann Marie Lee's narrative strength is a perfect match for L'Engle's powerful story of twin brothers Sandy and Dennys Murray, who take an extraordinary journey through time. We feel the frustration of two ordinary boys who are tired of winter's freeze and mildly disgruntled that they're not included in the scientific discoveries of their brilliant parents and siblings. Lee registers the twins' confusion when they press a computer key in their father's lab and find themselves in the middle of a desert. This is soon followed by curiosity and wonder as the boys realize they're in biblical times and that unicorns and angels abound. Later Lee conveys their caring for Yalith, Noah's young daughter, and their panic that neither she, nor they, will escape the coming flood. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine