num_pages: 212
description: 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.A Wrinkle in Time is the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal. This title has Common Core connections.
language: English
title: A Wrinkle in Time
titlecomplete: A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
characters: Dennys Murry, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Meg Murry, Calvin O'Keefe, Charles Wallace Murry, Dr. Kate Murry, Mrs. Which, Sandy Murry
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Time Travel, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1173070
places: Connecticut
series: Time Quintet, Kairos
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -189360000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Square Fish