Madeleine L’Engle, Children’s Writer, Is Dead


	Madeleine L’Engle, Children’s Writer, Is Dead

jjsnlee

9-7-2007 3:42 PM

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children's fiction, human experience, obituary

jjsnlee says:

rest in peace.

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