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Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to... read more

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Summary

Meg Murray and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

Memorable Quotes

  • “The houses in the outskirts were all exactly alike, small square boxes painted gray”
  • “The two boys seem to be nice, regular children, but that unattractive girl and the baby boy certainly aren't all there”
  • “I must be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there IS such a thing as a tesseract!”

First Sentence

It was a dark and stormy night in a small village in the United States.

Table of Contents

1 Mrs Whatsit

2 Mrs Who

3 Mrs Which

4 The Black thing

5 The Tesseract

6 The Happy Medium

7 The Man with Red Eyes

8 The Transparent Column

9 IT

10 Absolute Zero

11 Aunt Beast

12 The Foolish and the Weak

Glossary

  • Gamboled: --verb. To skip about, as in dancing or playing; to frolic.

Series

This is book 1 in the Time Quintet series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Madeleine L'Engle (Author)
 

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