A Ring of Endless Light facts for kids
A Ring of Endless Light, first edition
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| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
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| Cover artist | Fred Marcellino (hardback) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Austin family |
| Subject | love, death, growing up |
| Genre | Young Adult |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
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Publication date
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1980 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 324 pp |
| ISBN | 0-374-36299-8 |
| OCLC | 5894387 |
| LC Class | PZ7.L5385 Ri 1980 |
| Preceded by | The Young Unicorns |
| Followed by | Troubling a Star |
A Ring of Endless Light is a novel written in 1980 by Madeleine L'Engle. It tells the story of Vicky Austin, a teenage girl. Vicky spends a summer trying to understand life and her place in the world. She also deals with her grandfather's serious illness and discovers true romantic love. The book's title comes from a line in an old poem called "The World." This poem was written by a Welsh poet named Henry Vaughan in the 1600s.
Awards and Recognition for the Book
A Ring of Endless Light received several important awards. These awards show how much people loved and respected the book.
- Newbery Honor Book (1981): This is a special award given to books for children. It means the book was one of the best published that year.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award: This award is chosen by young readers themselves.
- California Young Reader Medal (1982): Another award where young readers vote for their favorite books.
- Colorado Children's Book Award (1983): This award also celebrates books chosen by children.
The Book Becomes a TV Movie
In 2002, the Disney Channel turned A Ring of Endless Light into a TV movie. The movie starred Mischa Barton and Ryan Merriman.
The movie's story was quite different from the book.
- In the movie, Vicky's parents are not around for most of the summer.
- Vicky's older brother, John, who loves astronomy in the book, is not in the movie. Instead, her sister Suzy is interested in astronomy, not medicine.
- The reason the family visits their grandfather is different. In the book, his illness is known from the start. In the movie, it's a secret at first.
- Some characters and difficult topics from the book, like other examples of loss, are not in the movie. This includes characters like Leo Rodney and a child named Binnie.
- The movie also added new parts to the story. For example, Adam and Zachary work together to save dolphins from illegal fishing nets. Vicky also feels pressure to study science to get into a special school.
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