A Wrinkle In Time
By Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O’Keefe to rescue her father, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet. At the beginning of the book, Meg is an awkward, but loving girl, troubled by personal insecurities and her concern for her father, who has been missing for over a year. It begins with the arrival of Mrs. Whatsit at the Murry house on a dark and stormy evening. Although she looks like a tramp, she is actually a celestial creature with the ability to read Meg’s thoughts. She startles Meg’s mother by reassuring her of the existence of a sort of “wrinkle” in space and time. It is through this wrinkle that Meg and her companions will travel in search of Mr. Murry.
On the afternoon following Mrs. Whatsit’s visit, Meg and Charles Wallace walk over to Mrs. Whatsit’s cabin. On the way, they meet Calvin O’Keefe, a popular boy in Meg’s school. The three children learn from Mrs. Whatsit and her friends Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which that the universe is threatened by a great evil called the Dark Thing and taking the form of a giant cloud, engulfing the stars around it. Several planets have already been introduced to this evil force, including Camazotz, the planet on which Mr. Murry is imprisoned. The three kids go on the adventure through space and time and are introduced to many new creatures in the search to find their father. When Meg has to go up against the IT, Meg has to discover a weapon she didn’t know she had. When standing in the presence of IT, Meg realizes that it is the ability to love.
This book was very inspiring because it showed how much these kids loved their father, especially Meg. They risked their life and everything they had in order for him to live. I liked how it was a real story on love and rescue and yet there were man fictional pieces of it. This was a great book and I would definitely read again and recommend to anyone who has not read it.