A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

Rating: ***** (5 stars)

Age group: 10+

Type: Science fiction

This book is about a girl called Meg Murry whose father has gone missing. One day she gets up in the middle of the night during a hurricane. She decides to go downstairs. Her little brother, Charles Wallace, is already waiting for her. Charles Wallace can pretty much tell what Meg is going to do next, most of the time. Their mother comes to join them and drink hot cocoa. Suddenly, a woman who Charles Wallace is friends with, Mrs. Whatsit, comes into their house and upsets their mother very much. So the next day, Meg and Charles Wallace and their dog Fortinbras go to Mrs. Whatsit's house, which is known as a haunted house. They meet a boy called Calvin O'Keefe hanging around the house. They take him inside with them but instead of Mrs. Whatsit, they meet her friend Mrs. Who. Mrs. Who tells them to go because it is not yet time. But then a bit later, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and their other friend, Mrs. Which, show up at their house and take them to planets and tell them who they actually really are. They begin a dangerous journey to save Meg's father, visiting many planets by tessering, which is basically making a wrinkle in the universe so they have a shorter distance to travel. They have to visit a weird planet where everybody does the same thing and where Meg's father is trapped. But at this planet, Charles Wallace goes into IT: a giant brain who rules this country. Now Charles Wallace is not Charles Wallace anymore, and Meg must save him from IT.

Wow this book was so awesome and touching and I think anybody would love it. You would like it if you like science fiction and excitement and really this book is great. It is very exciting and sad and happy and I just LOVE IT!!!!

***NOTE: If you are a very sentimental person have tissues on hand.

PARENTAL SECTION

Sexual parts: no!

Violence: not really. Except Charles Wallace does hit somebody evil.

Fighting: no

Pregnancy: no!

Kissing/romance: yes a little.

Stealing: no

Vandalizing: no