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Unless a novel says it portrays another period, release year is present day. "A Wrinkle In Time" came out in 1962, 3 years after the moon landing. This sequel was published 11 years hence and Madeleine rejoins the Murrys in a year, thus we would picture 1963. First release year would be an easy answer for the setting, if not for asking Mrs. Murry if she remembered details about the moon landing. The children themselves, especially this family, would well remember a current planetary event!
It's a shame we can't ask Madeleine but perhaps she left an interview with someone who did. It seems she wanted to move the present day to her series' reprisal, 1973. That makes Meg a baby during the moon landing and her Mom a married woman of at least 20. Louise (the doctor) posed the question of memory oddly for a 14 year-old event but picturing the Murrys in 1973 works.
I don't remember if "A Wrinkle In Time" introduces their town's location. Mr. Murry drove from the Washington, D.C. environs briskly enough for everyone to merely wonder why Meg and Calvin were home late from school. Charles Wallace was driven home with Louise (the larger) at the beginning of school, say 9:30AM, for having brought a snake to pets day. Let's say he fell ill at about noon and his Dad was phoned by 2:00PM. Meg delaying after school might amount to 7:00PM. They must be on the northern US east coast. Charles Wallace does own a S'ouwester raincoat, which seems to be Atlantic Canadian and US apparel. I am not a mathematician but LOVE reading comprehension puzzles like this!
It's a shame we can't ask Madeleine but perhaps she left an interview with someone who did. It seems she wanted to move the present day to her series' reprisal, 1973. That makes Meg a baby during the moon landing and her Mom a married woman of at least 20. Louise (the doctor) posed the question of memory oddly for a 14 year-old event but picturing the Murrys in 1973 works.
I don't remember if "A Wrinkle In Time" introduces their town's location. Mr. Murry drove from the Washington, D.C. environs briskly enough for everyone to merely wonder why Meg and Calvin were home late from school. Charles Wallace was driven home with Louise (the larger) at the beginning of school, say 9:30AM, for having brought a snake to pets day. Let's say he fell ill at about noon and his Dad was phoned by 2:00PM. Meg delaying after school might amount to 7:00PM. They must be on the northern US east coast. Charles Wallace does own a S'ouwester raincoat, which seems to be Atlantic Canadian and US apparel. I am not a mathematician but LOVE reading comprehension puzzles like this!
K Marie
The moon landing was actually from Jul 16, 1969 – Jul 24, 1969. Which makes the reference to it all the more confusing. If we presume the first book took place in 1962 and the second book takes place some time after school starts in 1963. Waiting 10 years to write/publish the sequel must have messed with her timeline.
Peyton Honeck
I think that the author specifically chose not to give the reader a specific time or place for the setting to lend to the air of mystery and adventure in the novel. The reader can imagine their own setting
Sam Sigelakis-Minski
As for where, I assumed New York on Long Island somewhere. This is a very centric notion of mine because I am from there, but the hospital they reference (Brookhaven) to bring Charles Wallace was a big hospital on the island during that time, and it is still there now. It was also a really big research facility at the time that did some sketchy science.
O
I was wondering the same thing because of the discussion of the moon landing.
Katelynn
Did it not say?
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