"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."
I was recommended this book, by an acquaintance. I had heard of the book before and that it had been made into a movie a while ago. But it was the first time picking it up. I had always though that it was a children's book, and I think that it would be a good book for a middle schooler to start reading science fiction. But if you were to judge the book by the cover than I would not advise it. One of the reviews on the book said that it contained a "brooding horror", I did not find this in the book. While there was a mystery and a slight suspense it was no where near what I would call horror.
While I did like the book, I was a little disappointed in the ending of the book. It felt rushed, and abrupt. I wanted there to me more conflict and more explanation of what had happened and why.
If you want a easy science fiction read this is a good book. I give the book a three out of five stars.
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