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A Wrinkle in Time

Written by: Madeleine L'Engle
Narrated by: Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
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Publisher's Summary

Madeleine L’Engle’s ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture. This audiobook includes an introduction read by the film director Ava DuVernay, a foreword read by the author, and an afterword read by Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis. 

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 have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a “tesseract”, which, if you didn’t know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg’s father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?   

In 1962, Madeleine L’Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time, which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story became a classic of children’s literature and is beloved around the world.   

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.   

© 2007 by Taeeun Yoo. Used with permission of Pippin Properties, Inc. 

©1962 Madeleine L'Engle (P)2011 Random House Audio

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An incredibly cringe worthy story about morality

This story has the depth of a wet rag. Love is mentioned as a key idea, but the love is paltry and shallow. Not the love of family, friendship, or romance... no, the arbitrary love of angels is mightier. This story is heavy-handed with Christian style morality, with none of the elegance that Christian stories can possess, nor the honesty that that's what it's about. It presents the idea of evil with all the subtlety of a story written for toddlers, without the decency of writing it with language aimed at toddlers.

If it's a story for young children, then the theming and over arching idea is entirely acceptable... but the vocabulary and many concepts are not. If it's a story aimed at anyone past puberty, then it is insultingly and pitifully shallow.

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gives the feels

great mix of mystery and adventure
read as a kid and still hit a special cord as an adult

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love this Store

Tesseract is a word that has been made popular by the recent Marvel movies. It is actually a 4 dimensional square in a 4th dimensional square.  Or square ×2 to the power of 2. Or a respertation of the 4th Dimension. It is also used as part of a plot device in an amazingly wonderful story, A Wrinkle in Time.

Written 50 year ago by Madeleine L'Engle was on my list of top 100 books to read in a life. I had never ever heard of this unique story. I am very glad I took the time for,  A Wrinkle in Time. I fully recommend it to all readers of all ages.

A relatively short story. It is filled to the brim of imagination and beautiful imagery. Jammed packed with intriguing characters, entities, ideas. 

This book, like many, presents the reader/listener with moral and ideological crossroads in the ever eternal struggle between "good and evil". Many of which caused turmoil, and still continues to do so. I will say anything that causes a good conversation should never be banned. 

This story continues to be hard to categorize. Is it science fiction, fantasy, a children's book...etc? I find it easy to categorize, it is a damn good book.

I mean that dear reader's. It's conceptually breathtaking. I am at odds with how many morale and social issues this book tackles. 

For example, we as a race are still getting caught up in the mear difference of skin color and geographical location. Which is funny in comparison to the Menagerie of different alien, spectral, theological, ideological, species and actual races, makes our long lasting dispute over the skin differences of appearance seem…..
Childish. 

I ask you beloved readers, how can we truly accept an "actual different alien/race/species," when we can't get over our own species differences."

I honestly hope that I have tantalized your interest. Of the many books that I have given review, this book I would love to share. May its imagery be as impactful to you as it was to me.

As absolutely ever, from high heven to low hell/hell's, from one planet to the other, frame of existence to the other. I thank everyone, frome author to all in production, including the very talented Charlotte Jones Voiklis, to audio engineering, publishing company...all the unnamed workers. I give my most meaningful thanks. 

Ever, in every dimension, frame of thought, level of existence, yours truly.
  David Evil Midknight 

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Didn’t Live Up to Expectations

I had high expectations set in part by the long prologue and by the existence of a movie. I thought this would be a sci-fi fantasy, not a religious allegory.

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classic

I picked this up to listen to in advance of the movie. I loved the book growing up. It was interesting to reread as an adult.

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Childhood Relived

This book was a precious part of my childhood. Hearing it retold as an adult was amazing. Even better, my boyfriend who doesn't read much got to enjoy it too :}

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A must!

I listened to this book after a suggestion from a teacher. I was hooked from the start, and enjoyed every minute of it.

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Beautiful book

So glad I listened to this book! I love it! It is much like Anne of Green Gables ... never ages!

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Love this story

such a great imagination. This story kept you intrigued and wanting more. I couldn't stop listening...

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Not a huge fan

I’m not a big fan of this book, too pedantic for my taste.
I found the narrator annoying. The only reason I stuck with it is because my niece and I were reading it together and I needed a quick refresher.

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