A Winkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle could easily be considered a modern day youth
classic. L'Engle was awarded the John Newberry Medal which honors
distinguished contributions to American literature for youth. This
definitely fulfills that description.
A girl and her
little brother travel through space and time to resolve some problems
that without positive resolution would result in the end of agency on
earth and life on earth as we know it. This novel touches on the
truths of The Mandelbrot Set and illustrates them beautifully without
mentioning to Set at all.
I particularly like
that the truth of difficulty in maintaining faith is portrayed. My
eldest daughter (12) has read and loved it. My 10 year old daughter
has begun and is excited to finish reading it. The eldest son of
dear friends of ours wanted my children to read it and offered to let
me borrow his set when I wasn't sure because it had been so many
years since I read this particular book. I'm pretty sure I wasn't
able to read the rest of the series, but now have read/reread them
thanks to this friend. They are definitely worth the time spent
reading (and later thinking about) them!
This book, A
Wrinkle in Time, is a very interesting read and the first book in
a series of very interesting reads! My girls and I highly recommend
them and would love to hear what you think of them!
Have you read A
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle? What did you think of it?
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