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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)

Madeleine L'Engle

Start date: July 15, 2016

Finish date: August 14, 2016

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May 16, 2016 midnightfaerie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, childrens

For my 8-yr old son's school, every year he gets a list of like 20 books he can choose from, and has to read around 4-5 and do a book report on them. I usually make him read them all. (Except evil ones like Old Yeller) This year, I realized there were many I hadn't read, or hadn't read in a very long time, so I'm working my way through them so we can enjoy them together. After he's read them, we plan on having movie nights for those that have movies.

This time I read A Wrinkle in Time, I book I ...more

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Feb 13, 2017 J. Sebastian rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: childhood

"It was a dark and stormy night. . . . " So begins this famous adventure that I had never discovered as a child. Reading with my daughter the stories that she brings home from school has given me a new childhood. I try to forget everything that my adult mind thinks it knows, turn it off, and engage with the stories as if they were true. That is one thing that I remember about childhood; everything, no matter how far-fetched it might have seemed to the grownups, was possible.

This is a great stor ...more

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Mar 11, 2018 Mike Snodgrass rated it it was amazing

A great example of children's sci-fi/fantasy intended to expand your imagination. I first read it in 7th grade and my geeky friends and I would excitedly ponder the concept of the tesseract. Great fun. I re-read it now (36 years later) to remember that 7th grader again and to prepare for the new movie. Hope the movie does the book justice! ...more

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May 20, 2018 Dkbbookgirl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Reread with my girls- before we saw the movie. Still a magical book all these years later.
I do not normally like movie adaptations, but this one was very well done.

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Mar 06, 2019 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-classics, challenge-bingo-2019

Overall, I enjoyed the concept of this book (time and space travel), but unlike some other YA books I’ve read (like The Giver), this one did not resonate with me. I felt that the characters and plot could have been better developed. I liked the character of Aunt Beast, but the three witches were just a little too weird for my taste. But I’m glad I finally read this classic. ...more

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