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

Pros: appealing characters, well written, champions the importance of individuals and of content over appearance
Cons: can't think of any

I rarely find myself stumbling for words, but today I am. Sitting here with a blank page in front of me, having just read A Wrinkle in Time for the umpteen millionth time, I am at a loss for words. Where to start? The thoughts swirl around my...

Pros: characters, story line, everything
Cons: nothing

There are a lot of reasons I decided to reread this book this last week. The recent death of the author, Madeleine L'Engle, being one, and the introduction of two write-offs on Epinions that it would qualify ...

Pros: Highly original; important message; well-paced; excellent characterizations; has stood the test of time
Cons: _________

I was eleven years old. It was a Saturday, I think, because my Dad was running errands and my Mom was making me go with him. I usually loved running errands with my Dad, but this particular day I found it difficult to go anywhere because I was ...

Pros: Great characters and clear yet subtle development of the moral issues.
Cons: Religious overtones approached annoyingly overt when she put wings on one of her characters!

I admit it. I laughed out loud! How can you possibly go wrong with the novel that introduced the famous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night"? The earth is surrounded by a sinister presence – a dark, foul fog that is the tool of an ...

Pros: Excellent plot, great re-read value, interesting characters, part of a wonderful series
Cons: none

I’m reverting back to my childhood during my week off of school by reading many of Madeleine L’Engle’s novels. Fortunately, I am enjoying them just as much, or more, as an adult as I did as a child. The logical place to start with these ...

Pros: Good Plot, Interesting Characters, Suspense
Cons: Some Cheesy Characters (in my opinion, anyway)

Have you been looking for a fun, adventrous children's story that has some meaning? If you answered this question with yes, then A Wrinkle in Time is the book for you!

I was first introduced to A Wrinkle in Time when I was...

Pros: A well written and uplifting sci-fi adventure for pre-teens.
Cons: On the ALA's 100 most challenged books list. ????????

Until a flood sent it to the great book depository in the sky, a rather battered book held pride of place on my shelf. The cover was almost entirely hidden by duct tape, and the title had been scrawled in permanent marker along the spine by my...

Pros: Nerds as heroes, exciting, L'Engle doesn't write down to children.
Cons: Perhaps the religious undertones.

I’m on a bit of a kick. Recently I went to the library with my 3 year old boy and while there, I saw a boy about 10 years old. He was in the middle reader section holding a stack of books so high he was in real danger of dropping it. The expression on ...

Pros: Thought provoking, inspiring, entertaining.
Cons: Advanced in thought, but not so that it can't be overcome with a little discussion.

The History A Wrinkle in Time was one of those books that they required kids to read in so ...

Pros: great timeless characters
Cons: zero

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 travel,...

Pros: Charming characters, exciting plot, and imaginative settings.
Cons: Slow start and references to God and Christianity may not appeal to some readers.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle belongs to that fine breed of children's books that withstands the test of time. It is as fresh and meaningful now as it was at the time of its original publication almost 40 years ago. Happily, it is still...

Pros: The best children's book with the exception of A Bridge to Terebithia.
Cons: Ha!

There is an in-betweenness to books, an outside-of-timeness. They are forever. There is no real past tense for good books. There is no surging, no lemming-leap, over the precipice, and down, down, down, into the oblivion of forgetfulness. They are...

Pros: Excellent children's literature...
Cons: Subject to parental discretion...

Madeleine L'Engle had either the Radical Right, the Liberal Left, or some coagulative parents' group slam her for this, and I'm still trying to figure why. This novel was a spiritual experience for me, quite possibly due to the fact I had joined the...

Pros: Great story, warm characters, good ethics
Cons: Not one I can think of.

30 years ago, the teacher read this to my class. I was enthralled and wore my mother out until she bought me a copy. I believed that Madelene L'Engle was surely the best writer that ever lived. The next year I got to meet her in person when my mother...

Pros: Fabulous story, great scientific information for kids.
Cons: hard to put down. ;-)

I first read this book when I was in the third grade. Ever since I have hailed it as an amazing book, as is the rest of the series. What I didn't really remember was just how good this book is.

This summer I had the pleasure of leading three...