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Time Travel

A Wrinkle in Time

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  • 1962 first published
  • 212 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (177 ratings)
  • 106 editions
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Published in 1962, A Wrinkle in Time is a time-travel fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Readers will find themes of love, Sci-fi, Newbery Medal and space and time.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 177 ratings, and 1,195 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 106 editions across 5 languages.

It runs to roughly 212 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It is about Meg And Charles Walence. Their father, who was working on a interesting project called a tesseract, goes missing! Then they meet a boy and some strange women. This story won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award For this amazing story! It also has a movie! I Hope you all enjoy!
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Love
  • Sci-fi
  • Newbery Medal
  • Space and time
  • Science fiction
  • Friendship in adolesce
  • Time travel
  • Murry family
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Friendship
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Classics
  • Juvenile Fiction - Classics
  • Văn học Mĩ
  • Tiểu thuyết

Quick answers

Who wrote A Wrinkle in Time?

A Wrinkle in Time was written by Madeleine L'Engle and first published in 1962.

What genre is A Wrinkle in Time?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is A Wrinkle in Time?

The median edition has 212 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Wrinkle in Time?

Readers who like it often enjoy Pebble in the Sky, The Time Traders and The Dark Is Rising.

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