The Lightning Time
1978
First Published
4.00
Average Rating
252
Number of Pages
A New York City-bred youth's illusions of a cookie-baking grandmother are pleasantly shattered when he visits the sturdy, independent woman and discovers the wonders of life in the Adirondacks
Avg Rating
4.00
Number of Ratings
15
5 STARS
47%
4 STARS
20%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
7%
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Author
Gregory Maguire
Author · 45 books
Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England (a non-profit educational charity).Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
