A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engel

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Title: A Wrinkle in Time Author: Madeleine L'Engel Genre: Fantasy, YA Rating: 7/10 # pages: 205 Date read: June, 2008

Summary: Everyone in town thinks Meg is volatile and dull-witted and that her younger brother Charles Wallace is dumb. People are also saying that their father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors, Meg and Charles Wallace, along with their new friend Calvin, embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time.

Review: I first read this in 1996 and was really disappointed by it, but could remember almost nothing about it, and therefore thought I'd give it a second chance. I'm glad I did, because while I can definitely see I was above the target age both times I read it, I actually enjoyed it a lot more this time. Perhaps because my expectations were so low? I don't know why I never realized (or remembered rather, as it's too obvious for me to have missed in my first reading) that L'Engel was a Christian author, but it was a pleasant surprise to see all the references to Scripture in the book. It's a sweet YA fantasy that would probably have benefited from having been read at a younger age.

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