A Wrinkle in Time
1962
- love
- sci-fi
- newbery medal
- juvenile fiction
- space and time
- fiction
- science fiction
- friendship in adolesce
- time travel
- murry family (fictitious character)
The story
A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It is about Meg And Charles Walence. Their father, who was working on a interesting project called a tesseract, goes missing! Then they meet a boy and some strange women. This story won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award For this amazing story! It also has a movie! I Hope you all enjoy!
What it’s like
Brisk, bright, and slightly eerie, with the feel of a late-night reading lamp against a dark bedroom window. The prose is plainspoken and direct, moving quickly from ordinary kitchens and a shabby suburban house into strange places where light, distance and sound behave oddly: planets rendered as glowing, eerie sensory details, shifting landscapes, a sense of vast cosmic space pressing in on small human figures. The mood is warm at its heart, a steady family-and-friendship glow, but threaded with unease, the chill of something wrong at the edge of familiar life. Pacing is brisk, chapters short and propulsive, with frequent turns into new worlds. Intensity is low: there is peril and fear, some menace from dark forces and a few frightening moments, but no gore, no sexual content, and little brutality. The emotional register is earnest and hopeful, following an awkward, stubborn teenage girl learning to trust herself and the people who love her. Good for readers who want an imaginative, mind-stretching adventure with heart, for a comfort-read on a rainy afternoon, or for younger readers ready for science fiction that treats feelings seriously.
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