A Wrinkle in Time

by: Madeleine L'Engle
Fifty years ago, Madeline L'Engle introduced the unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry and Calvin O'Keefe to the world. Meg and Charles Wallace's father, Mr. Murry, has mysteriously disappeared while experimenting with tesseracts, wrinkles that transport a person across space and time. When the children learn that Mr. Murry os being held captive on the planet Camazotz, three otherworldly creatures names Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which help them tesser there to rescue him. To save Mr. Murry, Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin must face Camazotz's leader, IT, in the ultimate battle between good and evil--a fight that threatens their lives and our entire universe. {cover copy}
This story was actually a re-read for me. This book and I have a complex relationship. When I was in third grade, I was selected as part of a gifted and talented program, but they hadn't figured out my special ability to screw around until the last minute before completing a project, and I eventually got kicked out for not having grown crystals all year like I said I was going to. Oops. But a couple years later, they put me back in it, and this book was one of my assignments. It went way over my head. (They didn't kick me out of the program this time at least). This was before I realized how much I love time and space travel stories. And then in sixth grade I read it again, and I loved it. I ended up reading some of her other stories and falling madly in love with a later book, Many Waters. So when I finally came back around to reading this one again this year, I was pleased to discover that I still enjoyed it. I mean, it's no Many Waters (though I have yet to re-read that one, so I can't actually say which I would end up preferring now) but I enjoyed coming back to this one and seeing it with even older eyes (if that makes sense) especially remembering (weirdly vividly) not understanding it the first time. ANYWAY. I'm saying I enjoyed it. 

It was a dark and stormy night. {first line}
"I've got to be brave ... I will be."

"But of course we can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts."


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