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Dragons in the waters

A thirteen-year-old boy's trip to Venezuela with his cousin culminates in murder and the discovery of an unexpected bond with an Indian tribe, dating from the days of Simón Bolívar.

Main Author:	L'Engle, Madeleine.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Dell, 1982, c1976.
Subjects:	Mystery fiction > Juvenile.

Summary:	A thirteen-year-old boy's trip to Venezuela with his cousin culminates in murder and the discovery of an unexpected bond with an Indian tribe, dating from the days of Simón Bolívar.
Item Description:	Reprint. Original ed.: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1976.
Physical Description:	330 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN:	0440917190 (pbk.) :
Author Notes:	Author Madeleine L'Engle was born in New York City on November 29, 1918. She graduated from Smith College. She is best known for A Wrinkle in Time (1962), which won the 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. While many of her novels blend science fiction and fantasy, she has also written a series of autobiographical books, including Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, which deals with the illness and death of her husband, soap opera actor Hugh Franklin. In 2004, she received a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. She died on September 6, 2007 of natural causes. Since 1976, Wheaton College in Illinois has maintained a special collection of L'Engle's papers, and a variety of other materials, dating back to 1919. (Bowker Author Biography)

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