Annotation: A young girl travels through space and time to rescue her father, a scientist who mysteriously disappeared while working on a top-secret government project, from an evil force that threatens to destroy her family and planet.

Book Talk:

What if, in the course of conducting scientific research for the government, your Dad stumbled upon an unbelievable discovery?

What if time travel wasn’t just theoretically mathematically possible, but in fact actually possible?

But what if something went horribly wrong and through a scientific accident your Dad mysteriously disappeared?

Would you trust three strange women with questionable names who don’t seem quite human to transport you throughout the universe on a rescue mission?

What if you faced unimaginable creatures and forces on unfamiliar planets to find your Dad, but in the process lost your little brother?

How far would you go and how much would you risk to save your family and your planet and return everyone home safely?

Awards:

• 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
• ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1965
• Horn Book Fanfare Best Book 1963
• Locus Poll All-Time Best Fantasy Novel 1987
• Locus Poll All-Time Best Fantasy Novel Before 1990
• Newbery Medal Recipient 1963
• Sequoyah Book Award 1963
• Thisrecording.com 100 Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels of All Time

L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Farrar, 1962. Print.

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