A Wrinkle In Time

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Summary: extremely sweet like candy
Review: this book was in its entirety the best for descriptiveness and original concepts such as a tessact once i picked it up i couldnt put it down it was great it is the only book i have enjoyed more than once in my 16 years of life

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Summary: A mind bending exciting book for all ages!
Review: This is one of the besk books I have ever read! I reccomend it to any one with a sense of adventure. With this book you don't have to like to read, beacause once you pick it up you can't put it down!

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Summary: best book i ever read
Review: the book isnt hard enough for me but i love it any way i usually never like science fiction but i have to say this is the best ive ever read

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Summary: Poetic and celebratory.
Review: Adults will gather much from this fable about how our weaknesses can be just as helpful as our strengths, and how it is both that make us individuals. It is also a cautionary tale about the perils of mindless conformity, and about that time in every child's life where he or she discovers his or her parents are not infallible.Meg and Charles Wallace are outcasts in their town. She is combative and stubborn, especially when it comes to the welfare of her younger brother, whose remarkable mind posesses the ability to grasp concepts most adults have difficulty getting their minds around, and who also has the ability to sense other people's thoughts. Meg is constantly being told her life would be so much easier if she 'had the right attitude'. She is also a mathematical genius.Meg is also going through the throes of adolescence, and is painfully aware of her braces, stringy hair, and thick glasses. She and her brother are, in a word, different. She thinks her life is an absolute mess until she is spirited away to the planet Camazotz, where things are infinitely worse. It is a world where everyone plays the same games at the same time in the same rhythm, and the price for having a bad attitude is excruciatingly high. Before Meg's struggle is over, not only will she be battling for her own life, but for that of Charles Wallace, her friend Calvin O'Keefe, as well as that of her father, a brilliant scientist who disappeared a year earlier through a 'tesseract' or a wrinkle in time when a top secret government experiment went awry.When all is said and done, Meg learns that the price exacted from being 'different' is nowhere near as high as that paid by those who manage to be the same as everyone else.I loved this book, and have, since discovering it in grade school, read it several times. One reviewer on this page has referred to it as 'pitiful and depressing'. If by that he or she means it contains moments of genuine pain and struggle, fair enough. But one of the book's important lessons is that what happiness we experience in our lives is defined to a certain extent by our ability to face and overcome great pain. Meg spends much of the book undergoing terrifying ordeals, and she experiences great pain and suffering. But she comes through it stronger, with a clearer picture of herself, her place in the universe, better able to love herself and love others as well.The message of this book is that if Meg, a pimply-faced, snaggle-toothed math nerd has the tools within herself to save the universe, well so do we all.

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Summary: Never know what will happen
Review: I recomend it. It's very unpredictable. The begining is slow, though

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Summary: I read this one straight through, and never put it down once
Review: I really enjoyed this book, it had a really interesting array of characters, and an intruiging plot that kept me totally into this book. I read it for the first time a few years ago on a teacher's reccomendation, and was anticipating a really boring book, but in the end, really enjoed it. I found the characters to be interesting, some amusing, for instance, Mrs. Whatsit and her gang. I really enjoy fantasy and sci-fi books, so, natrually, this book kept me at the edge of my chair the whole time I was reading it. There were a few rather slow parts at times, but aside from those, I really like Madeline L'Engle's books, and really loved this one-it continues to be near the top of my favorite books list.

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Summary: good
Review: It had all the qualities of a great book, but it was a little confusing. Sometimes I had to reread an entire page to understand it. But all and all it was a good book.

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Summary: Horrible! I couldn't even finish it! Pitiful & depressing!
Review: Similar to the case of another reviewer, I chose to read this book as part of my summer reading before my fifth-grade year. It was horrible. It was too depressing and was more about the pitiful life of Meg Murry, who was always picked on and whose life was full of distress. The sci-fi part sounded intelligent, but I couldn't understand most of the book, and I had to just flip to the end before I was bored to death so I could just find out what happened. Only read this book if you have a lot of patience. In fact, don't read this book at all!!

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Summary: An outstanding book with an origioinal plot.
Review: Madeline L'engle is an author I personally like, and I 've collected many of her works throughout the years. A Wrinkle in Time is one of her best books, having an origional plot, unique characters, and more of a twist than the usual kid's fantasy book. The characters, though often far from being human, have a way of being convincingly real as Mrs. L'engle puts them in both relatively normal and extremely far out circumstances. A definite must read for all kids, though I've found through experience that many adults, especially teachers, have enjoyed the book as well.

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Summary: THE MOST BRILLANT OF ALL HER BOOKS!
Review: A Wrinkle in Time is the best book I have ever read in my entire LIFE! She fills the pages with such imaginitive and I believe real ideas that I NEVER and I mean NEVER put it down! I ended up reading it over 20 times!! I don't think the book is confusing and I'm 13? So I recommed EVERYBODY TO READ IT! I made over 30 people at my school read it because I thought it would open their minds wider! Some loved it and some just didn't get it! This book is a great, PERFECT 5 Stars! READ IT! Just do it!