A Wrinkle in Time

Ah, the Tesseract...what the hell is a Tesseract anyway?! I just remember an ant walking along a string. In any case, this book brings back fond memories of my youth, or better yet, fond memories of my imagination during my youth. I caroused the entire Madeleine L'Engle shelf at the bookstore until I was about 11 or so. If you liked A Wrinkle in Time, I would highly recommended "An Acceptable Time." Don't stop there. The entire Austin Family series captivated me for about two years. Nothing in my adult life ever lived up to the excitement I experienced vicariously through Vicky's tender romances, particulary with Zachary Gray. [sigh]

Great start into science-fiction for younger readers- but not written at a low level. Great vocabulary. Read this with 6th grade class, the girls especially loved it, but there are boy and girl characters.

I did not like this book. It was really disappointing. I listened to Madeleine L'Engle read it on tape. Usually, when you find a book on tape where the author reads their own work it is such an awesome listening experience. This was long and slow and painful. I thought that the book started off interestingly enough but then went rapidly down hill when they took off with Ms. Who. I tend to stick with books I don't like until the end hoping that they will get better, this one didn't.

I don't even remember much about it because I read it a very long time ago, but there's something about it that has always stuck with me. I also love science fiction about time travel.

I was introduced to this novel and its sequels when my daughter was required to read them in private Christian school. Later I read them to her younger brother. They are wonderful mind benders forcing the reader to look at a broader more three dimensional world of the seen and unseen.

An amazing classic. I have two copies of this one- a copy to read over and over, and a copy to lend.

This weirdly fascinating, strange book is the most original, imaginative work of fiction I have ever read. Brilliant characters, plot, and imaginative sci-fi/fantasy detail.
It is philosophy, fiction, science, and mythology all combined into one amazing book. EVERYONE should read this, period.
It is also very interesting that every time you read it, you see it in a different way. Children read it and see it one way, then you might read it when you're older and find it completely different than what you remembered.
I think that is because this book, being so complex, has an incredibly large number of different qualities to it. You can find a message on just about anything in this book. Some may see it as a weirdly interesting story. Some may see it as a touching book about a sister's devotion to her brother. Some may see it as a fascinating new realm of fantasy. Some may see it as a book about how important love is, or about the complexity of science and humanity... Or countless other things.
This book is amazing!

A favorite of mine as a child. Formative really. It introduced me to the idea that things are not necessarily what they appear.

L'Engle writes beauty. When you have finished one of her books, particualrly the ones in this series, you feel better about being human. This is the first in this series, but not the best of the bunch. But without this book, the others never would have followed.

I have never read this book before, I read it in like, a day so it was interesting and engaging. But overall, the book was just average.