A Wrinkle in Time
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / Time Travel
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Madeleine L'Engle
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEYRead the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years!"A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart." —Meg CabotLate one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murray, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murray is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murray but the safety of the whole universe.A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet.
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Author
Madeleine L'Engle
Pages
216
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published Date
2010-04-01
ISBN
1429915641 9781429915649
Ratings
Google: 4
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"I listened to this as an audiobook. I think I also watched the movie too but I can’t remember it but I think it was slightly different from the book. Makes me wish I read the book so then I might’ve gotten a clearer picture or can reread words to make sense of it. The narrator was great, she varies the voices enough so I could tell characters apart.<br/><br/>First impression of this book was…trippy. Especially (I’m going to butcher the name because I didn’t get to see how it’s spelled and I didn’t Google it yet) on the planet Camezots. And there was plenty that went over my head of how the author talked about traveling through time, dimensions, and planets. I definitely was not a mathematics and physics person in school so I was confused about that and didn’t know if that’s something she made up or she has a ph.d in science, math, and physics. But I think maybe she was trying to go for a more symbolic route especially since the 3 beings formed as ladies that help the children “teseract” to find their dad were named Mrs. Who, Which, and Whatsit. I think she was trying to go for those names to help us remember to question everything in life, kind of treating things like a science experiment and finding “the truth” or the end result of what we see and do in life. Or I could be making that up but that’s kind of the lesson I got from it.<br/><br/>I was glad to see the anger, frustration, and resentment Meg demonstrated because I think that’s very symbolic of us and human nature. We can be these very angry and hurtful people, these carnal creatures that struggle with life, with doubts and hurtful comments/actions other people can/will do to us whether intentional or not. And if we’re lucky like Meg, we can learn to process and heal from all those negative pent up emotions to forgive and let go and start anew. Or we can let it consume us and become part of the “black thing”. At least, for me, the “black thing” represents the fears, doubts, resentments, disappointments, etc.<br/><br/>I do like how she learns to trust herself, gain some confidence and independence in herself to be able to go alone and save her brother Charles. I think that’s all we really need to learn especially to make it alone in life and eventually have someone join us in our journey. Learning resiliency, becoming independent, and having self confidence is crucial to be able to stand on your own. And turning our weaknesses into strengths as she did (but I don’t understand how love could be a weakness unless I misunderstood and got it all wrong—that’s why I need to read the book instead of just listen).<br/><br/>In the end it was slightly a little cliché and ironic about how the brain called “It” didn’t have love and that was how Meg freed her brother Charles Wallace from “It”’s grasp. Considering that our brains actually release the chemical oxytocin to be able to help us make and create bonds with other humans that are close to us, helping us to feel the emotion love lol. But I digress.<br/><br/>That’s why my first impression of this book is “trippy and confusing”."
"I read this in middle school, it was a really cool book, interesting concept"
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Matt
""I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."<br/><br/>I kind of wish I would have left this in my childhood. I know I loved it, and it's been at least 12 years since I read it. Now I just feel uncertain about it. I'm not really sure if I get it now. It's fun and not fun at the same time."
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