A Wrinkle in Time. Finished 9-10-18, rating 3.5/5, children’s classic, 218 pages, pub, 1962
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 be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract”.
Meg’s father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space? from Goodreads
I chose this childhood favorite for a reread because I needed to finish a book in a day and it fit in with my classics club challenge. I am also interested in the movie but wanted to reacquaint myself with the book again. I found that I barely remembered a thing. Truly. Charles Wallace felt familiar to me as did Meg, but the actual story? I had no recollection.
First, I should say from the outset that this book felt very dated. That’s not necessarily bad, but I have to set that aside to really address the story. Meg’s father has been missing for years and everyone in town assumed he ran off with someone, leaving his wife and kids to fend for themselves. But Meg, of the impatient temper, learns that he’s really stuck in another dimension and only she and her brother and new friend Calvin have any hope of saving him. Mrs. Wotsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which whisk the three off to save not only Meg’s father, but the whole world. No pressure. A classic good vs. evil story with lots of magic thrown in. It was exciting.
It’s a great first introduction into the sci-fi/dystopia world and best suited for a child. I think this would be fun to read with Gage. I know I read more in this series, but I remember just as little as I did with this one. Maybe if Gage likes it we’ll continue on together. I’m glad I reread it and am looking forward to seeing how the movie modernized it.
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I read this because my friends all loved it but it wasn’t for me, even as a kid.
I never read this one and, I must be the only one who never read Anne of Green Gables either. I’m reading Anne in November though! Hope all is well with your family.
I read this one in my 20s so it didn’t have the same impact for me and then a reread a few years ago and the graphic novel adaptation with G. It’s a good one for kids, for sure.