Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A Wrinkle in Time














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L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962. Print.
        ISBN: 374386137

Awards/Honors:
1963 Newbery Medal Award
ALA Notable Children's Book
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List


Annotation:
With the help of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin faces an immeasurable amount of evil to save their long lost father.



Book Talk:
What would you do to save your father's life? What about the lives of the entire planet? These are the questions that Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin face when they meet a strange old woman that says she can help them find their father. Through time and space travel, Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin begin the adventure of their lives. With strange worlds full of strange creatures and a lurching black shadow hoovering over the Earth, the children learn the quest their father has been on to try and save the planet. Can the children's quest led them to their father or will he be lost forever?

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