Newbery Medal Winner
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Summary
Awkward, stubborn Meg Murry travels across space and time with her gifted younger brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin to rescue her scientist father, who has vanished while experimenting with a dimensional shortcut called a tesseract. Guided by three mysterious beings, the children confront a vast force of conformity and darkness on a distant planet. Blending science fiction, fantasy, and spiritual questions, L'Engle's novel became a landmark of the genre for young readers.
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Historical Context & Significance
Madeleine L'Engle's manuscript was rejected by more than two dozen publishers before its release, after which it won the Newbery Medal and launched the Time Quintet series.