A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

280 pages

★★★★

This classic science fiction/fantasy novel is one of the first books that inspired my love for reading. I hadn’t read it since 6th grade so I opened it and found that it is not only for children but was written for a universal audience.

Meg Murry, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe are sent through a tesseract to another world by three ancient women who were once stars. They were sent in order to help Meg and Charles’ father who was lost after the government attempted to send him through a tesseract before they fully understood it. The world they are all sent to is a dark world, corrupted by a blackness that controls everything and everyone.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle-247 pages

I enjoyed reading the graphic novel adaptation of this last year, so I wanted to read the original novel. I enjoyed the original, also. I like the lesson/moral to this story, which is that we should embrace each other's differences and try to understand each other. Living in a world where everyone is the same is not fun or right. It is also not the same as a world where everyone is equal. We are all equal here on Earth (at least, that's how it "should" be), but we are not all the same. We come from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, and no one is exactly the same as another in looks and mindset. This is a great lesson to teach kids. The other main theme is love. We should love one another. If we do love each other, then we will embrace each other's differences and equality. Overall, this was a fun, thought-provoking, good read.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
211 pages









I listened to the audio of this book read by the author and enjoyed it very much.

Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course and goes on the tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.
Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson-392 pages; Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens, 2013

This is an adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's Newbery Award-winning novel of the same name. It was a good, interesting read and has many lessons/morals. One is that being different is okay, even good. Our differences should be celebrated, understood and not made fun of or taken lightly. We don't want to be all the same or all alike. We are all equal, but that is different from all being alike. It means we all have (in an ideal world) an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of nationality or any circumstance. The other main moral is to be yourself and to be content with who you are and your quirks/differences.

The main plot is Charles and Meg trying to find their father and they end up "Tessering" (or "wrinkling in time") to a planet called Camazotz to rescue him. Interesting characters help them along the way. Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which, along with Calvin are the main secondary antagonists.

Overall, it was fun to read and I enjoy reading young adult fiction sometimes.