Madeleine L'Engle

An extremely intelligent 6-year-old boy begins an adventure when he discovers dragons in the garden.

A Wind in the Door

“ I have heard that your host planet is shadowed, that it is troubled.” 

“It’s beautiful,” Meg said defensively. 

She felt a rippling of his wings. “In the middle of your cities?”

“Well-no-but I don’t live in a city.” 

“I had the idea,” Proginoskes moved reluctantly within her mind, “that there are wars on your planet. People fighting, and killing each other.” 

“And people don’t understand each other.”