A Wrinkle in Time
- 212
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Film 2018 +1
- On screen
- Newbery Medal
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Our view
“A Wrinkle in Time” is brief and moves fast, and its strength lies in the central idea: three children crossing space and time to bring a father home. Some readers find that the opening gives little time to get to know the characters and that one of the trio joins the journey rather abruptly, so they stay at a distance. A short, imaginative adventure best met young, or read with a child.
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About the book
A Wrinkle in Time is a young adult science fantasy novel written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the book won the Newbery Medal, the Sequoyah Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. The main characters – Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O'Keefe – embark on a journey through space and time, from galaxy to galaxy, as they endeavor to rescue the Murrys' father and fight The Black Thing that has intruded into several worlds.
Reading order · Time Quintet
Full order & progress →- A Wrinkle in TimeThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - A Wind in the Door
7.77.7 / 10 - A Swiftly Tilting Planet
7.77.7 / 10 - Many Waters
7.77.7 / 10 - An Acceptable Time
7.67.6 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 2003 to 2018.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 1,913 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 93% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 176 | 9% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 22 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 1.7K | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Wrinkle in Time?
It has 212 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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Same shelf — Classics — with scores between 7.4 and 8.1, closest to this book.
