A Wrinkle In Time (Feb 2005)

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Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and friend Calvin O'Keefe are sent on the quest to find and free Meg and Wallace's father, a man who fights an evil power that shadows the cosmos and is taking a planet at a time. Taken to the planet Camazotz - where conformity is enforced and uniqueness and freedom of choice are quashed - through the use of the time and space spanning act of tessering by the odd trio of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which & Mrs. Who, the children must face this great evil bestowed with the wisdom of the gifts they already posses to save not only Meg's father, but themselves.


Impression: I read this as a kid and really enjoyed it, so when it came time to start reading y.a. lit for my Praxis exam, Wrinkle seemed a good place to start. While I found the story had a bit of a slow start and that I didn't enjoy it as much as I had as a kid, it was still a nice read. While not the most entertaining read for an adult, children will find the story easy to read. The story isn't too complicated, the characters are easy to grasp and to identify with, and yet the setting is full and the characters are 3-dimensional and not overly simplified. It's easy to see why this book is still a favorite for younger readers. I passed my copy on to my youngest daughter.



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