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Summary: A Wrinkle In Time
Review: The story starts when Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'keef meets Mrs Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which tells that this "Black Thing" was taking over the world. Also, they told that Meg and Charles Wallac's father was in captive of IT. They are placed at a mysterious place where everyting was done perfectly in rhthym. Now, Meg, Charles, and Calvin is going on an adventure to save Mr. Murry, without knowing what they will face and how Charles Wallac is going to be captured by IT.
One thing I liked about this book was that it sounded so scientifice. When they talk about tesseract, traveling in the fifth demension. I first didn't understand what they meant by fifth demension. When Mrs. Whatsit explained: "-the fifth demension's a tesseract. You add that to the other four dimensions and you can travel through space without having to go the long way around(72)." I think I kind of understood.
I also liked the way Mrs. Who quoted everything, such as: ""And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not(82)."" It all matches with the story and sounds cool. When I read the quotes, I also try to figure out some of the meanings, like a puzzle. The quotes are enjoyable to read.
My favorite part of the book is when Meg finds her father. Charles Wallac was already captured by IT and Meg was the only one who could actually help. When she puts the spectacles on her father, and escape, it was kind of a happy moment, except that IT was trying to take controle of them to. As Mr. Murry tesser, leaving Charles behind, I was so curious to read the next part, that even though it was over 12:00 AM, I continued reading.
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Summary: All time favorite for science fiction fan!
Review: I still vividly remember the first time I read A Wrinkle in Time in the 5th grade. It was a turning point for me. Up until that time I hated to read and avoided it at all costs, my parents who were avid readers were horrified. Not only have I continued to adore this book, but I read it every few years. Its battle between good and evil along with the many mysterious beings is similar to the vast imagination JK Rowling puts into the Harry Potter series. I buy A Wrinkle in Time for every child I know and can hardly wait to introduce it to each one as they reach the right age. I am also a science fiction fan overall and I have always believed that this book is what lead me down the science fiction path. They say that science fiction readers have the best imagination of all readers! If you haven't read A Wrinkle in Time do it now, whatever your age!
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Summary: Children Love this Classic Science Fiction
Review: Over the years, as a classroom teacher, I have listened to many oral book reports on this wonderful Newbery Award winner. Children love this book. It is a wonderful first experience into the area of "science fiction." It is easy to understand and holds the interest of the children. Evelyn Horan - author
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Summary: Old wine in new bottle
Review: Except for words like space, science etc., there is hardly anything scientific about this book.
The whole plot is so uninteresting, that I took more than a week to finish this 211 page book.
Even while doing space travelling ( for which there is no detail at all ) the concentration is completely on human behavior like daughter father fights, teenage love etc.
Towards the end the word tessering appears so often as a verb that you wonder if the author has understood even the basic of what a Tesseract is.
And yes though all creatures speak fluent English, they have trouble remembering words like 'breakfast', light etc.
I was disgusted. This is an insult to the genere of science fiction. I really wonder what kind of people read this, cos I see a lot of 5 stars.
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Summary: A nonscientist's view on science
Review: I am a Engineer with a good grasp of physics and Math. So my views could be biased, when it comes to a book that is meant primarily for kids.
Without looking at the author's name, I could tell that it is a she. Reason, the subject often wanders to girlie romance.
I also found some basic errors like the "velocity of light in centimeter squares" for the equation E=m c^2 ( Actually Its in meter per second squared )
And for the physics part of it, the fact is that there is hardly any physics in it. What it has are the words 'tesseract' and 'dimensions'. As is usually the case, when somebody, who themselves have not understood the subject well, tries to 'explain' it to others, all that happens is more confusion.
This is exactly the story here too unfortunately.
For anybody who actually wants to learn what a tesseract is, I recommend these sites
Even outside of this book, I have seen people talk about 'higher dimensions' with a sense of mystery or religious reverence. Little do they understand that dimension is only an independent variable to a system. That when they use a simple Guass Elimination technique to invert a 15x15 matrix in their late high school years.
The key thing is to identify and define that independent factor. Little is it important to be able to represent it in a vector space like Tesseract. Unfortunately the book does not even address such a factor, let alone naming it. It concentrates fully on the fancy word Tesseract.
I will not recommend this book to my kid. What they need is not confusion but clarity.
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Summary: An old and treasured friend
Review: I've always wanted to thank Madeleine L'Engle in person for this wonderful gift of words and thoughts and dreams. It wasn't too long after "A Wrinkle in Time" was first published that I discovered it tucked away on a library shelf. I was in the third grade and went through books like a mower through grass. But this book... this book captured me. I fell madly in love with Meg and Charles and their three stellar friends. Over the years I've revisited them more times than I can count and have never ceased to be swept into Ms. L'Engle's magical world. This is Harry Potter with layers and meaning. This is a story that entranced a young girl and continues its hold on the mature woman she became. I recommend this especially for girls. More than any other story I can remember reading as a child, "Wrinkle" celebrates intelligence and individuality. It's a valuable lesson to learn.
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Summary: A challenging book
Review: I thought this book was a challenging one. It kept me on my toes. Most of the time I was just catching up and then it would lose me again. I liked it when I understood it. The whole tesseract deal is just mind twisting to me. This book diserves a little credit for keeping me interested all through out the book. I would reccomend this book to people who like sci-fi and can keep up with wierd things out of this world. Or if you like to be mind boggled go right ahead and read the book.
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Summary: HORRIBLE !!
Review: Our whole seventh grade class had to read this. I couldn't have hated it more! I didn't understand a lot of the story. Ms. L'Engle did a terrible job of trying to explain the tesseract. Myself and the whole class were so confuSed !!!!! Even the teacher said that she thoguht the book was a waste of time. I don't recommend it.
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Summary: Q's Views
Review: This book is very different, and you can tell at the very first of the book. The people in this book are different than every one else. All the other books are just about a dog or a person who has some problems with their life or has a divorced mom, but this book has people who's dad is trapped by a thing that couldn't be real in the real world. At first this book starts out really confusing, but later you get it and it all makes sense. This book has a lot of suspense, so you will really get hooked on it.
Madeleine L'Engle has a really big imagination. Her books are all a series. Madeleine L'Engle has been writing since she could hold a pencil and she loves to write when she gets a chance. She has written about 10 books and all of them have been really good.
Madeliene gave her characters powers. Some of them were like love, but the others could read people's minds and stuff like that. She made every thing make believe and she even made up her own planets. She did a really good job on this. She also made up this thing called a terrasarect. A terrasaract is something that can transport you to a different planet or place. When the kids in the story went in the terraserect that was really exciting.
There are a couple of things that could of been changed though. She could of made it where you could understand it better. It gets kinda confusing, but I stiil thought the overall was really good.
I would really mention this book to the age group of 9 year olds to 15 year olds.
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Summary: Love, fantasy, and adventure awaits you in this book.
Review: Have you wondered if there are more dimensions? Is it possible that in the book "A Wrinkle in Time" Charles and Meg's father is lost in another dimension? After working with the government, their father became missing. He has been missing for years when three mysterious old women come into Meg and Charles life, and new hope is brought into their lives. The three mysterious old women tell Meg, Charles and their friend Kevin about a fifth dimension that their father discovered. This dimension is used to travel to different planets instantly. After telling them about the fifth dimension, the group sets out to find Meg and Charles father, and destroy the evil that captured him.
There are many different reasons why this is an amazing book. One reason is that the author Madeleine L' Engle developed the characters background fully. Also the plot of the book is very thoughtful. It is laid out in a way where you think you know how its going to end, but how it ends is surprisingly different. Younger children will especially like this book. The book makes you think of new concepts that you wouldn't have thought about. With a good imagination, the story can become even better! Love and fantasy is filled in this story, which makes a it fantastic book for any child or adult.
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