A Wrinkle in Time

“This imaginative book will be read for a long time into the future.” ―Children’s Literature

“Published in 1962, it is—depending on how you look at it—science fiction, a warm tale of family life, a response to the Cold War, a book about a search for a father, a feminist tract, a religious fable, a coming-of-age novel, a work of Satanism, or a prescient meditation on the future of the United States after the Kennedy assassination.”  —Cynthia Zarin, New Yorker, 2004

“‘A Wrinkle in Time,’ the first in a trilogy that was later extended to include two more books, also defied the norm. Though a major crossover success with boys as well (with more than 10 million copies sold to date), the book has especially won over young girls. And it usually reaches them at a particularly pivotal moment of pre-adolescence when they are actively seeking to define themselves, their ambitions and place in the world.” —Pamela Paul, The New York Times, 2012

“It’s about a little girl named Meg and she’s very bad at school. She has a brother named Charles Wallace. They go on an adventure that takes place between planets and time. I like the book because it’s science fiction. It shows cool stuff that you can’t make in real life. I like monsters and making things up.” —Charlie, a child on the NYC subway, 2017

“I consider this story one of the best stories I’ve read and I’ve read a lot of stories so it must be a really really really extremely awesomely good book because it’s one of my favourites.” —Anonymous teen review by user NickyPicky, The Guardian, 2015

“This is the worst book I’ve ever read. It reminded me of The Wizard of Oz.” —Anonymous review, 1961