A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
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Author: Madeleine L'EngleEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 0312367546
Number of pages: 224
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Square Fish
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Book Review: Madeleine L'Engle Did A Superb Job
Summary: 5 Stars
I have heard of the title of this book spoken before (couldn't remember when or where). But I passed by this book in the bookstore many times, even picked it up a couple of times. So, finally, one day I decided to stop passing it by, purchase it, and read the book. I'm glad I did.
This book has very strong characters, and Madeleine L'Engle developed them very well. I understood them and learned their personalities. Meg is the name of the lead character, and she is a teenager. She has troubles in school, and she is impatient, rash at times. But she is clearly a loving child and cares deeply about her family. Her brother's name is Charles Wallace, and at first, I felt Madeleine L'Engle made him almost unbelieveable, no young child of his age can be or talk like that (like they've been living in the world for 80 years). But I had to remember, this was a fiction novel, and you CAN create a little boy that is unbelieveable. Charles Wallace was very special, and eventually, he won me over. He became my favorite character. He was very much connected to Meg and his mother purposely. He clearly adored his big sister. And then there is Calvin, popular at school, fitting in well, but is different. To me, he was like a mixture of Meg and Charles Wallace together. He had something magical or special in him like Charles Wallace, but like Meg, he was trying to find his own way through the world, too, dealing with his own difficulties at home. He was better at it than Meg, though. Then there are the "stars", I call them, and I think they made the story sometimes funny and mostly interesting.
Madeleine L'Engle did a great job with imagery. Her words made it very easy for me to picture Camazotz, the haunted house, and Meg's own home. Really, every place the children went, I had a clear picture in my mind. I didn't have to wonder what she was trying to get me to see. The writing was perfect, and I appreciated that I could follow with my own imagination without much difficulty.
I really liked how religion, magic, and science are just mixed in to this book, as well. I believe it is very difficult to write a book that has all three of these elements in it, and have it flow without each one disproving the other. It was like you need the science to travel to these magical places that has scientific names, and you need the religion to help you through these magical places. In our own real life, the three doesn't really go together. Science is suppose to be practical. Magic is suppose to be fantasy, not tangible, and religion is suppose to teach belief and faith.
Overall, Madeleine L'Engle did a superb job. I found it a breath of fresh air, in its own way very brave, and right on point (creates a wonderful escape from the real world). I really enjoyed it, and I am glad to have read it.
Thank you.
Summary of A Wrinkle in Time
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
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