"A Wrinkle in Time" is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. The book won many awards including, Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. It is the first of a series about the "O'Keefe Family."
"Everyone in town thinks Meg is volatile and dull-witted and that her younger brother Charles Wallace is dumb. People are also saying that their father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors, Meg and Charles Wallace, along with their new friend Calvin, 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. "
Yes this is another children's novel but throughout the story were very sophisticated concepts relating to the power of good and evil. It is definately not a book you can read once. I feel like I need to go back and read it again and again to fully grasp the concepts–atypical for this genre.
Being a "science fantasy" book you really need to let your imagination run wild and embrace the strangeness.
I need to read that book again. I think I was in 4th grade the last time I read it. It'll be interesting to read from a different perspective. Loving these reviews...my "to read" list is getting longer and longer!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Meghan - its fun to read your reviews. And I recently re-read this book for a book club. I enjoyed it just as much now as I did when I was 12. Still haven't read any of the other books in the series, though.
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