Summary: Three witches visit earth to find three children in their quest to fight off evil in other galaxies. The main character, Meg, tries to find her father who has been missing for a few years and she thinks that the three witches knows where he is.
Citation: L'Engle, M. (1962). A wrinkle in time. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Impression: This was a fast read for me because the characters and storyline were well written. I can see why this is a popular book for young adolescents because of the mixture between science fiction and fantasy genres.
Tammy (BookHive)
Meg worries about school and fitting in. She also worries about her father, who has been gone for almost a year. One stormy night, the strangely dressed Mrs. Whatsit blows into the Murry family's kitchen. During her visit she informs them that "..there is such a thing as a tesseract". Meg and Charles learn that Mr. Murry was working on tesseracts when he disappeared. After meeting Mrs. Whatsit's friends, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, Meg and Charles join the trio of strange ladies and a boy named Calvin on a quest to find Meg's missing father. Read and learn about tesseracts, the "Black Thing", "IT", and other out-of-this- world phenomenon in this exciting, adventure story.
T. [Review of the book A wrinkle in time by M. L'Engle]. BookHive. Retrieved from http://www.bookhive.org
Barbara L. Talcroft (Children's Literature)
Winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, L’Engle’s work of fantasy and science fiction combined with some Christian theology has now been read by several generations of young enthusiasts. The author went on to write three others, forming a quartet based on the Murry family, and including themes like the power of love and the need to make responsible moral choices. In this story, Meg Murry, her extraordinary little brother Charles Wallace, and schoolmate Calvin O’Keefe make the acquaintance of eccentric Mrs. Whatsit and friends (who turn out to be extraterrestrial beings). Together they journey through a wrinkle in time, a tesseract, to rescue the Murrys’ missing father from an evil presence (likened by some interpreters to a black hole), and a sinister brain called IT. Although this is fantasy, the characters are portrayed realistically and sympathetically; it is Meg’s ability to love that enables them to return safely to Earth and make secure the right to individuality. L’Engle herself claims that she does not know how she came to write the story; “I had no choice,” she says, “It was only after it was written that I realized what some of it meant.” A plus with this new edition is an essay by Lisa Sonne that explores scientific concepts related to the story--multiple dimensions, dark energy, and string theory. Each of these concepts were conceived since the book’s 1962 publication but are amazingly applicable to A Wrinkle in Time, and help to ensure that this imaginative book will be read for a long time into the future.
Talcroft, R.L. [Review of the book A wrinkle in time by M. L'Engle]. Children's Literature. Retrieved from http://www.childrenslit.com
Uses: This book could appeal both male and female readers because it infuses both science fiction and fantasy into the story. The book could be a great introduction to chapter books for young adolescents because the chapters are short and it is a quick read.
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