A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

(Paperback, 256 pages, first published in 1962)

It is a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother have come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they are upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger who tells them about a thing called a tesseract. A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell much more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book.

A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.

Cautions: None

Ages: 10-14