A Wrinkle in Time

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

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Permit me be on my manner. Speaking of fashion, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract".

One thousand thousand's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. At present the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they volition encounter on their middle-stopping journey through space?

A Wrinkle in Time, the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal, celebrated its 50th ceremony in 2013 and continues to thrive. Information technology holds the ranking by many critics as one of the most frequently banned novels of all time. The novel, which has been adjusted by hundreds of schools as a phase product, will be released every bit a Disney major moving picture in 2018.

Other Books in the Series

'A Wrinkle in Time' is the kickoff volume in L'Engle's The Time Quintet, which also includes:

  • A Wind in the Door
  • A Swiftly Tilting Planet
  • Many Waters
  • An Acceptable Time

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A Wrinkle in Time 50th Anniversary

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A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Hardcover

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A Wrinkle in Time Quintet

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Reviews

"This imaginative book will be read for a long time into the future." ―Children'due south Literature

"Published in 1962, it is—depending on how you expect at information technology—science fiction, a warm tale of family life, a response to the Cold War, a volume about a search for a father, a feminist tract, a religious fable, a coming-of-age novel, a work of Satanism, or a prescient meditation on the hereafter of the United states of america after the Kennedy assassination."  —Cynthia Zarin, New Yorker, 2004

"'A Wrinkle in Time,' the first in a trilogy that was later extended to include two more books, also defied the norm. Though a major crossover success with boys besides (with more x million copies sold to engagement), the book has especially won over young girls. And it ordinarily reaches them at a especially pivotal moment of pre-boyhood when they are actively seeking to ascertain themselves, their ambitions and place in the earth." —Pamela Paul, The New York Times, 2012

"It's well-nigh a trivial girl named Meg and she'due south very bad at school. She has a brother named Charles Wallace. They go on an risk that takes place betwixt planets and time. I similar the book because information technology's scientific discipline fiction. It shows cool stuff that you can't make in real life. I like monsters and making things up." —Charlie, a child on the NYC subway, 2017

"I consider this story ane of the all-time stories I've read and I've read a lot of stories so it must exist a actually really really extremely awesomely good book because it's one of my favourites." —Anonymous teen review past user NickyPicky, The Guardian, 2015

"This is the worst book I've ever read. It reminded me of The Wizard of Oz." —Anonymous review, 1961

Articles

'A Wrinkle in Time' and Its Sci-Fi Heroine
Pamela Paul, Jan. 27, 2012 / The New York Times

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Andrew Liptak, Sept. 25, 2022 /Kirkus Reviews blog post

The Unlikely Best-Seller: 'A Wrinkle in Fourth dimension' Turns l
Robert Siegel, Mar. 5, 2012 / NPR

12 Fantastic Facts Virtually 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Ali Parr, July 18, 2022 / Mental Floss

The Storyteller
Cynthia Zarin, April. 12, 2004 / The New Yorker

Chelsea Clinton is Right: 'A Wrinkle in Fourth dimension' is Amazing
David Ferguson, July 31, 2022 / The Guardian

Our Reading Lives: 'A Wrinkle in Time'
Elizabeth Bastos, Feb. 29, 2012 /BookRiot

Foreign Editions

  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese complex
  • Chinese simplified
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Farsi/Islamic republic of iran
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Poland
  • Portuguese
  • Romanaian
  • Russia
  • Slovak
  • Castilian
  • Turkish

Adaptations

Movie adaptations:

  • COMING Presently: A major motion picture in 2022 past Walt Disney Pictures, dir. Ava DuVernay
  • Idiot box motion picture, 2003, dir. John Kent Harrison

Stage adaptations:

  • A Wrinkle in Fourth dimension has been adjusted by a number of professional person playwrights. Four of their scripts are available through Stage Partners.
  • Stage adaptations take been performed at South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, CA, Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, IL, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR.

Videos

Official Disney Movie Trailer

Macmillan 50th Anniversary Trailer

Macmillan Graphic Novel Trailer

Other Resources

Wrinkle in Time Teacher Resources

Stage Partners