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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Choccy | Jul 10, 2009 |   One of my favorite books of my youth. (  )Mary_Z | Jul 3, 2009 | Madeleine L'Engle does a fantastic job with time travel and its paradoxes in A Wrinkle in Time. Considered by many to be a staple in children's science-fiction and fantasy, this book tells the story of a brother and sister who must find thier father. (  )06nwingert | Jun 7, 2009 | A truly enchanting and unusual adventure that includes jumping through time and space to try and find one girl's father who disappeared. Imaginative and bewitching, A Wrinkle in Time is a definite children's classic. ( )bleached | May 31, 2009 | 1  I'm a little embarassed to admit that the first time I picked up this wonderful book was my freshman year. I had previously read two of her other novels during middle school (I know that one was A Ring of Endless Light, the other title escapes me). This book pulled me in immediately and I finished it in about two days. This novel achieves something most young adult novels of its time did not; the ability to intrigue the younger people reading it (with its awesome story-telling and believable characters), as well as the ability to suck in adults (with its religious and scientific points of view). This is a book I will be reading to my children from a young age, and one a hope they enjoy as they age. ( )Maggie_Rum | May 20, 2009 | 1 0.322 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0440498058, Paperback)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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The conversations were intellectual and eloquent (Gosh, I love the quotes from Mrs. Who!), the characters were well-built, the plot was not-so-predictable (although the ending was too simple for my taste), the imagination was quite startling at times, with a bit of sci-fi flavor. An easy read, highly recommended for people who love children lits and fantasy. (