A Wrinkle in Time: (Newbery Medal Winner)

· A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Book 1 · Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY

Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years!

"A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart." —Meg Cabot

Late one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murray, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murray is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murray but the safety of the whole universe.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet.

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4.4
763 reviews
A Google user
March 4, 2018
Reading this book has been a long time coming for me. I heard of it a long time ago, but until recently, didn’t realize that it was written by a Christian author. Yes, I said Christian. So if that is a turn off to you, then this may not be the read for you as it has a strong Christian influence. I, however, hope that each and every person decides to pick up this read because it has something to offer anyone of any background. Messages being portrayed and those learned by the characters are too good to pass up. Overall Feelings Things that I liked: ⇒ The overall creativity. ⇒ There is room allowed for imagination (the story is not overtold!) ⇒ The meaning and purpose. Things that I didn’t like: ⇒ Meg’s overall disposition and unlikeability. ⇒ The pacing, and lack of some detail in important areas (as in the world building.) ⇒ Calvin and Meg’s insta-lovey relationship. I’m glad I took so long to getting around to this review. When I initially finished reading this book, I wasn’t blown away by it. However, now that I’ve had a lot of time for it to stew, I find that I appreciate it more and more...and more. L’Engel’s perceptiveness of the world is obvious and majorly contributes to the overall awesomeness that A Wrinkle in Time reflects. I read another of L’Engle’s books last year, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art where she discusses her artistic expression and how it coincides with her faith. In that book, she talks about her journey (because it took a while to get this series published) with A Wrinkle in Time. Majority of the people who turned her down thought the series was too strange. However, (and I agree with L’Engle) I believe it’s because this book was misunderstood. There is true brilliance behind this concept, that it may just take the freedom of a child’s mind to grasp. As adults, our thoughts become adulterated with perceptions that we miss the grander scheme of things. There were times when I was wishing for more detail, then I realized that that’s the point: we are supposed to use our imagination when we read. The main reason I gave this book only three and a half stars was because I wasn’t a big fan of Meg as the protagonist, and found her quite irritating. Despite that fact, I really enjoyed the overall concept and would recommend this read to anyone. Vulgarity: None. Sexual content: None. Violence: None. My Rating: ★★★½
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Vasili Panin
July 15, 2017
Short version while not the popular view a lot of people hate it a pain to read easy to put down and hard to pick up Long versionThe only interesting thing about this book is that it starts with either the most plagiarized, or popular first 7 words ever; and probably the way most unfinished novels start being written. " It was a dark and stormy night". Everyone said it was great in the 5th grade. I disagree i found it boring and never finished the first chapter. I had high standards for SF. I was the only 9 year old I knew that read Niven Pohl Dick Asimov and then Favorite Thomson Hunter S.Political Science is very like SF. Now that said every kid and adult i know says its just great (read the sheep look up) but 4Kids with parental supervision I recommend Roald Dahl without prison guards - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hey they didnt think i should be reading Kurt Vonnegut then either or Naked Lunch. Heard mentality all the brains needed to sneak up on a leaf i luv to eat things with a face its often the best part.
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A Google user
February 17, 2012
I read this book when I was younger, and I didn't really like it back then. However, since rereading it in my later years, I really seemed to enjoy it! It was a really entertaining book, with a well developed plot an interesting characters. I really enjoyed it, and the movie does not do the book justice at all. However that is how most movies based on books are. I'd recommend this book to a fan of fiction novels.
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About the author

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was the Newbery Medal-winning author of more than 60 books, including the much-loved A Wrinkle in Time. Born in 1918, L'Engle grew up in New York City, Switzerland, South Carolina and Massachusetts. Her father was a reporter and her mother had studied to be a pianist, and their house was always full of musicians and theater people. L'Engle graduated cum laude from Smith College, then returned to New York to work in the theater. While touring with a play, she wrote her first book, The Small Rain, originally published in 1945. She met her future husband, Hugh Franklin, when they both appeared in The Cherry Orchard.

Upon becoming Mrs. Franklin, L'Engle gave up the stage in favor of the typewriter. In the years her three children were growing up, she wrote four more novels. Hugh Franklin temporarily retired from the theater, and the family moved to western Connecticut and for ten years ran a general store. Her book Meet the Austins, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book of 1960, was based on this experience.

Her science fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time was awarded the 1963 Newbery Medal. Two companion novels, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet (a Newbery Honor book), complete what has come to be known as The Time Trilogy, a series that continues to grow in popularity with a new generation of readers. Her 1980 book A Ring of Endless Light won the Newbery Honor. L'Engle passed away in 2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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