A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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Book Reviews of A Wrinkle in Time
Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time
Summary: 4 Stars
A Wrinkle in Time is an amazing children's book, chock full of adventure, and since fiction. The three main characters start their adventure when Meg (sister to...), Charles Wallace, and Calvin their new friend start investigating why Meg and Charles Wallace father has disappeared on a secret mission for the government, where even Meg's mother doesn't know where he went, and he has been missing for quite some time.
Meg is having a rough day at school with every body asking why Charles Wallace is so stupid as a baby when he really isn't, why her father has been gone and why she gets bad grades in every subject except math while her mother is a scientist and her brothers (who are twins, not including Charles Wallace) get strait A's.
Soon the trio of Meg Charles and Calvin meet the three witches, Mrs. Watsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Witch. Who take them to the start of their epic adventure. They battle evil with the awesome power of the mind the whole way saving their father.
It is a science fiction adventure to behold great for all children.
Book Review: Timeless, Magical Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book in the fifth grade and I remember this being one of the first books that really made me want to read. I loved it back then and I loved it this time! It was almost like reading it for the first time again because I had forgotten so much. The only things I remembered from the story was the names of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who and what "IT" was. It's such a timeless, magical story and I'd recommend it to anyone.Book Review: "A line is in fact not the shortest distance between two points"
Summary: 4 Stars
The story revolves around Meg Murray, her brother Charles Wallace, and one of the most popular kids in school, Calvin O'Keefe. Mrs' Whatsit, Who and Which take the three on a journey to save Meg and Charles Wallace's father. He's been tessering (a tesseract is a five dimensional object - in which time and space can essentially be `folded' upon itself to create a wrinkle in time) and is stuck on another planet. It's up to the kids to figure out who is holding Mr. Murray captive and how to escape.
This was a quick, fun read. I was pleasantly surprised at the twists and turns in the novel. Mrs' Whatsit, Who, and Which were very interesting. My favorite though, has to be Charles Wallace. He's a very intriguing little kid and I'd love to learn more about him. It's interesting that he can `tune in to' other people and feel out what they're thinking or what they need. It's a nice twist that he's a little kid, not yet school age, but he essentially takes care of his mother and sister. At the beginning of the story, he's up in the middle of the night, with milk on the stove getting warm, and making sandwiches for them to calm them from the storm. I love the reversal of roles.
I also loved the planet that Meg, her father, and Calvin tesser to. There they meet the inhabitants of the planet, who have no eyes. It was fun reading about Meg trying to explain sight and colors and not being able to see in the dark to someone with no eyes. I can't wait to pick up the next book in the quintet.
Book Review: My first YA L'Engle
Summary: 5 Stars
A classic tale of good vs. evil. The father, a physicist, of Meg Murry has been missing for several years. He had been experimenting with fifth dimension time travel when he disappeared. "It was a dark and stormy night" when things begin to happen for young Meg and her smaller brother Charles Wallace. I found the book to be quite enjoyable. Though I did note in one spot where it was a bit dated "...they were looking into an enormous room lined with machines. They were not unlike the great computing machines Meg had seen in her science books and that she knew her father sometimes worked with". I checked, the copywrite was 1962. That gave me chuckle as I can remember my dad, also a physicist, talking about the computers of the 1950s.Book Review: The power of love
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of my all-time favorite children's books. It remains a book that speaks to me as an adult. It has a very spiritual message; that is, the answer to dealing with fear is to offer love. [...]
Just like one of the children in the book, I always felt as if I was different from other people. I was a loner and I suffered from low self-esteem which haunted me into adulthood. Unfortunately I didn't even recognize that as an adult until I came into therapy. If only I had remembered the messages contained within this book, I might have remembered that I was perfectly okay as I was.
Ms. L'Engle has a marvelous knack for affirming that we are all unique and we are for a purpose. That purpose is to offer love. The truths contained within this book are universal. The story is fantastic and engaging. This is a classic that no child or adult should miss. It is never too late to discover the power of love.
Davis Aujourd'hui, author of "The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude"