A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Synopsis: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."

A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

My Review:
I liked this book but I did not love it. The characters, while intelligent and interesting were not what I would call relate-able. I also felt like they were not fleshed out enough and I was somehow expected to have an immediate relationship to them. They story was pretty good in the since that it took place in a world that was not ours but eerily familiar at the same time. This book seems like it was trying to accomplish the same type of symbolism with all the themes of love and acceptance embedded in the story as C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia”. I did love how many famous quotes were spoken by one of the characters and how other importance principles were worked into the dialogue seamlessly. This book has been said to be a modern classic so I am glad I read it. However I know this book is a part of a series and I can’t say I am interested enough to go on a read the other books in the series, especially if this one was the best by far and wide. But a great story for people of all ages that reminds us of the importance of being human and having free will, something we so often take for granted.