It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newberry Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newberry Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
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Combining concepts from modern physics with deeply felt spiritual themes, speculative literature for young readers gained an enduring classic with the 1962 publication of A Wrinkle in Time. American author Madeleine L'Engle crafted stories that merged quantum concepts, astrophysics, and Christian theology into narratives centered on family, individuality, and cosmic battles against dark forces.
Over a career spanning more than six decades and sixty published books, L'Engle created beloved juvenile series, poetry, plays, non-fiction, and memoirs that bridged genre boundaries and reached generations of readers.
Born Madeleine L'Engle Camp in New York City on November 29, 1918, she grew up in an artistic household with a pianist mother and a reporter and fiction writer father. She lived in New York, Switzerland, South Carolina, and Massachusetts during her youth before attending Smith College, from which she graduated cum laude in 1941. Returning to New York to work in the theater, she published her debut adult novel, The Small Rain, in 1945, followed by her first children's book, And Both Were Young, in 1949.
Despite early publications, L'Engle faced prolonged professional difficulty in her late thirties, receiving numerous rejections from publishers. A major turning point occurred after she launched a series about the Austin family with Meet the Austins in 1960 and subsequently completed A Wrinkle in Time. After dozens of rejections, the book was published in 1962 and won the prestigious Newbery Medal. Her literary contributions earned her the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1998. L'Engle continued writing until her death on September 6, 2007, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
L'Engle's distinctive writing style seamlessly weaves complex scientific ideas—such as tesseracts, cellular biology, and quantum physics—with Christian theology and classical philosophy. Rather than presenting science and faith as opposing worldviews, her narratives treat both as complementary avenues for understanding the cosmos. Her stories frequently emphasize the power of love, courage, family unity, and moral agency in overcoming oppressive, conformity-demanding evil.
Her characters are often intellectual, creative, or socially unconventional children and young adults who navigate interdimensional travel, ancient histories, and moral choices. Across her fiction and non-fiction works, including autobiographical meditations and books on prayer, L'Engle maintained a profound interest in modern science, faith, and artistic expression.
2 books in catalog
Combining concepts from modern physics with deeply felt spiritual themes, speculative literature for young readers gained an enduring classic with the 1962 publication of A Wrinkle in Time. American author Madeleine L'Engle crafted stories that merged quantum concepts, astrophysics, and Christian theology into narratives centered on family, individuality, and cosmic battles against dark forces.
Over a career spanning more than six decades and sixty published books, L'Engle created beloved juvenile series, poetry, plays, non-fiction, and memoirs that bridged genre boundaries and reached generations of readers.
Born Madeleine L'Engle Camp in New York City on November 29, 1918, she grew up in an artistic household with a pianist mother and a reporter and fiction writer father. She lived in New York, Switzerland, South Carolina, and Massachusetts during her youth before attending Smith College, from which she graduated cum laude in 1941. Returning to New York to work in the theater, she published her debut adult novel, The Small Rain, in 1945, followed by her first children's book, And Both Were Young, in 1949.
Despite early publications, L'Engle faced prolonged professional difficulty in her late thirties, receiving numerous rejections from publishers. A major turning point occurred after she launched a series about the Austin family with Meet the Austins in 1960 and subsequently completed A Wrinkle in Time. After dozens of rejections, the book was published in 1962 and won the prestigious Newbery Medal. Her literary contributions earned her the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1998. L'Engle continued writing until her death on September 6, 2007, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
L'Engle's distinctive writing style seamlessly weaves complex scientific ideas—such as tesseracts, cellular biology, and quantum physics—with Christian theology and classical philosophy. Rather than presenting science and faith as opposing worldviews, her narratives treat both as complementary avenues for understanding the cosmos. Her stories frequently emphasize the power of love, courage, family unity, and moral agency in overcoming oppressive, conformity-demanding evil.
Her characters are often intellectual, creative, or socially unconventional children and young adults who navigate interdimensional travel, ancient histories, and moral choices. Across her fiction and non-fiction works, including autobiographical meditations and books on prayer, L'Engle maintained a profound interest in modern science, faith, and artistic expression.
