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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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GENRE: This is a great example of a science fiction chapter book, because the author creates a story that revolves around events that are futuristic and based on scientific hypotheses. The characters are relatable and make the story appealing to children and young adults. Although the events are impossible, the plot is suspenseful and keeps the readers' attention from the beginning to the end.

CHARACTER: Meg is a great example of a protagonist, because she is the main character and a round character. There are many dimensions to her personality and by the end of the story, readers see her change. She starts out being a girl with little confidence and a daughter living in her parents great shadows. By the end though, Meg is able to rescue her brother, because of her own amazing traits and is reassured in her own value as a person.

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1 vote chardesty06 | Nov 11, 2009 |
This book is a good example of science fiction because it contains scientific phenomena such as traveling between galaxies and people's mind being controlled.
Author style: "tastes like sand" simile
Art Media: novel
1 vote mvanemmerik | Nov 11, 2009 |
THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVERY READ!!!!!! ( )
1 vote lylekatie | Nov 5, 2009 |
This book is a wonderful example of a science fiction novel because it is futuristic and deals directly with science related topics: time travel. It also involves alien-like creatures, different planets, witches, and non-human powerful beings. It deals directly with the impact of science on society and depicts what our world would be like if there was a such thing as time travel. It challenges the reader to imagine what a two-dimensional and one-dimensional world would be like and it also challenges the reader to imagine what life would be like if everything in our world was systematic, nobody was different, nothing was ever out of place.
Characters: Meg is a perfect example of the main character. She is very imperfect so all readers can relate to her. She is self conscious and frustrated and young readers will be able to identify with her sense of insecurity.
1 vote bwetmore05 | Nov 2, 2009 |
This is the story of Meg Murry, a high school girl, and the adventure she taks through time to find her scientist father and save him. Along for the ride is her brother and friend Calvin. ( )
1 vote | sllumpkin | Nov 1, 2009 |
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For Charles Wadsworth Camp and Wallace Collin Franklin
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It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom Meg Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.
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Everyone in town thinks Meg Murry is volatile and dull-witted, and that her younger brother, Charles Wallace, is dumb. People are also saying that their physicist father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors and an unearthly stranger, the tesseract-touting Mrs Whatsit, Meg and Charles Wallace and their new friend Calvin O'Keefe embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so, they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time. This is no superhero tale, nor is it science fiction, although it shares elements of both. The travelers must rely on their individual and collective strengths, delving deep within themselves to find answers.

A well-loved classic and 1963 Newbery Medal winner, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is sophisticated in concept yet warm in tone, with mystery and love coursing through its pages. Meg's shattering, yet ultimately freeing, discovery that her father is not omnipotent provides a satisfying coming-of-age element. Readers will feel a sense of power as they travel with these three children, challenging concepts of time, space, and the triumph of good over evil. The companion books in the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are A Wind in the Door; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award; and Many Waters. Every young reader should experience L'Engle's captivating, occasionally life-changing contributions to children's literature. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter

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