And Both Were Young Audiobook

" Fairly cliche. I think I liked Camilla better but I'm not sure. "

" This was a wonderful love story. I love Madeline L'Engle and the characters she has created in her books. "

" And Both Were Young is good as boarding school stories go and has a sweet, quiet romance, but I don't think the part of the plot which has to do with Paul's history works very well with the rest of it. I mean, the wartime amnesia thing is fine and interesting, but not the mysterious stranger part. Anyway, I do like the convincing way in which Flip grows from shyness to confidence during the course of the book, and of course I pretty much always like boarding school stories. "

" I learned from this book that I really would have liked to go to a boarding school in a foreign country. "

" What a great story! I love how Flip grows over the course of the book -- she is likeable to the reader from the beginning but you can see how she would not be from the outside. Great evocation of how everything can be so dramatic when you are a teenager. I love Madeleine L'Engle books and I've read this one over and over again. "

" A cute little YA book. "

" A Juvenile Book- A young girl's mother dies and she goes to boarding school. A sweet story. "

" I loved this book when I was in fifth grade. it made me cry every time. "

" Just wonderful. Written in 1949. "

" I think if I were 10 years younger I might have enjoyed this book more, like I did L'Engle's Camilla in high school. The novel has beautiful language but a predictable plot and a too-happy ending. I'd recommend it to female middle and early high school students, but not to 23 year olds. "

" A favorite from my teen years. "

" A very charming book, and Flip was a lot like myself. :) "

" When I saw the current cover, I thought this book was something new, however it was written in 1949 and republished recently. It definitely is YA from a more innocent and (slower moving) time. "

" I have only one word to describe this book: beautiful. "

" I loved this book when I was in Middle School. "

" This was definitely my favorite of the books that I've read by Madeleine L'Engle. I've read it half a dozen times already, and will certainly go back to it again. "

" Madeleine L'Engle is amazing, and I've loved all of her books. They are deep and beautiful, yet still understandable by different age groups and different types of people. I recommend this book, along with her books Camilla and A Wrinkle in Time (if you haven't already read this classic). "

" A return to my highschool days in mind, if only they'd been at such a boarding school! A good book, and probably one I can identify with the most of her characters. An excellent read. "

" reminiscent of enid blyton, i'm afraid. "

" This is a very sweet coming-of-age story with a realistic and sympathetically portrayed first romance. A lot of beautiful images from it are still in my mind though I read it years ago. I would give it to any lonely, artistic teen. For an adult, it's an excellent feel-good read. "

" A favorite while I was growing up. I'm not sure if it's worth 4 stars objectively, but I've loved it for so long I can't tell. "

" Just wonderful. Written in 1949. "

" Delightful post WW2 boarding school tale told by my very favorite author (using her own experiences). "

" I read this in middle school and just didn't like it. I saw that it had just been rerelased and decided to give it another try. Still not my favorite L'Engle, but I liked Flip and Paul and Madame much more this time around. <br/><br/>I wonder if I need to give Camilla another try now? "

" My first L'Engle. I have a thing for sentimental young adult fiction from the days before they were riddled with sex. Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. M. Montgomery anyone? "

" I love this book! It's the second time I've read it, and it is still great. An innocent love story between two HUMAN teenagers (Imagine that!), with an interesting mystery and twist. A++ "

" I can't really relate to Flip at all. it doesn't hit me with the spark that other books do. The style of writing is also too different for me. "

" Contemporary realistic fiction. Flip goes to a boarding school very reluctantly. She meets a friend and they grow to care for each other while finding out who they really are. "