Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time: Literature Guide

Pros: great plot, good characters, believable emotional toil in characters, whets your appetite for the rest of the quartet

Cons: does not explain details well, somewhat predictable in areas

Review: This story about a young girl trying to live with being different and having two parents who are geniuses, but whose father has disappeared several years before, is a wonderful story. It truly introduces young teenagers to the world of sci-fi, time...

Pros: Grteat book!!

Cons: None

Review: I was nine years old when I "discovered" this book, although, with four older siblings, it had been lying around the house for quite some time. I began reading it and couldn't put it down. I read it under the covers with a flashlight when I was...

Pros: Great characters, good lessons, interesting plot

Cons: some people might object to religious tones

Review: When I was given this book as bonus project at school, I thought they were nuts. They were going to reward me by giving me more work to do? By the end of the first sentence, I was ready to hug my teacher.

If you don't like Science Fiction...

Pros: Excellent beginner's sci-fi

Cons: None

Review: This is the first sci-fi book I remember reading - way back in 1972. I had just started watching Star Trek reruns, and came across this book one day in the school library. I ended up doing a book report on it - wish i still had it, as I drew a...

Pros: Imaginative

Cons: not for the less cerebral

Review: My fifth grade teacher read to us from this book every day. I fell in love with it and read "A Wind In The Door", "A Wrinkle In Time", and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet".

What's great about this book is that it will expand the child's...

Pros: A great read for kids and adults alike.

Cons: None

Review: As a pre-teen I related to this book on a very visceral level, feeling like the odd man out in almost every aspect of my life. My third Grade teacher read this book aloud to the class, and I was quickly captivated. What a wonderful read! I was able...

Pros: wow! it is very creatively written and well thought of!

Cons: none

Review: I was introduced to this book in my sixth grade class. We were assigned to read it for English class. At first I didn't want to read it since most books assigned in school turn out to be boring. However, once I opened the book, I couldn't close it...

Pros: Easy to read and thought provoking.

Cons: None

Review: One of my first prerequisites for naming something a "good read" is a sympathetic main character.The heroine in this story was so sympathetic it was almost painful for me to read as a young girl.

Meg is the ordinary daughter and sister in...

Pros: very exciting, no sex, little violence,

Cons: far-fetched plot, need to keep an open mind.

Review: A Wrinkle in Time is a great book blending fantasy with modern day life. Meg, her brother, and Calvin (Meg's boyfriend) set out on a journey to save their father; they don't know where he is or how he got there. You see, Meg's family isn't ordinary,...

Pros: great timeless characters

Cons: zero

Review: When I picked up this book I expected to find a time travel, science fiction type adventure. Yup, it was that, but it was also a great deal more. A Wrinkle in Time is a book that teaches life lessons within the context of the aforementioned time...