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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

Madeleine L'Engle

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Sep 20, 2007 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classicsworthreading, childrensbooks, favorites, awardwinners

Meg Murray travels through folded time and space to save her father from imprisonment on the planet of Camazotz, where conformity is enforced by a horrific thing called IT.

Think for yourself. Love one another. Take risks. Fight conformity. This is a very edgy book - no wonder Madeleine L'Engle had so much trouble finding a publisher for it back in the 60s.

As relevant today as when it was first published, this book challenges readers to fight the status quo. It is number 22 on the list of most ch ...more

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Mar 08, 2012 Cairnraiser rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, fiction, audiobook

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Feb 07, 2008 Joanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-as-a-kid, banned-challenged, reading-with-my-kids, 2018

I loved this book but was really kind of scared by it too. I never actually read the other books in the series (although I feel like I may have started them at some point-big surprise) and now I feel like I want to go back and read this one then read the others in the series.

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Oct 17, 2008 crafty_puppy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: youngadult, readinmiddleschool, fiction, bannedbookslists

I read this when I was about 12 or 13 when I was given it as a gift. I enjoyed it. Was a bit confusing to me at times.

I have been going through banned book lists I find (see: www.ala.org) and finding books to read from there.
This was a book that was on a list I found. ...more

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Feb 14, 2008 Katie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: j-fiction

I never read this as a child (gasp!),I tried so many times to start it, but I think it takes a love of SciFi and a certain level of maturity. I preferred the Austins.

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