Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher: New York: Dell Publishing
Pub. Date: 1976
ISBN: 0-440-99805-0
Pages: 190 (small print)
Summary: Meg Murray, an intelligent, teenaged girl keeps getting picked on in school and can't figure out what her purpose is in life, until one day when she meets three guardian angels who tell her the universe is in danger of being taken over by the Black Thing and the forces of evil. Meg joins forces with her brother and other champions of the light to find her father and battle the mind-controlling forces of IT.
Major characters: Meg Murray, Charles Wallace Murray, Calvin O'Keefe (friend), IT (Controller of Camazotz), Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which (guardian angels)
Comments: An exciting, unusual story that still grabs attention even though it is more than twenty-five years old. There are a lot of messages being conveyed through the story, but most of all it talks about love, accepting everyone's uniqueness, and recognizing that everyone is good at something. The book contains lots of fantasy elements such as tesseracts (time warps), interplanetary travel, alien creatures, metamorphosis, ESP, etc. I think all types of readers would find this book interesting in some way, but I believe it would be an especially good book to give to a smart kid who feels like nobody understands him. The Murrays are geniuses and their kids have the same sort of feelings. The book won the Newbery medal.
Genre: Fantasy
Age Level: 13+
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