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Three very special kids, with the help of three very special old women, attempt to save their very special father after he disappears while working on a mysterious project for the government. One of the kids, the one from whose perspective the story is told, is sort of normal, but that, we learn, is only an unfortunate temporary condition. Time has very little to do with this Young Adult hybrid of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, which should have been called A Wrinkle in Space, as these extraordinary travelers bounce about the galaxy looking for dear old dad. A Newbery Award winner, though presumably not for the story per se or the characters, but for L'Engle's honest and unflinching view of life as a mixture of both good and evil, as well as for her optimistic view that good can prevail. And make no mistake: once things turn bad for these kids, they turn very bad indeed. All served up on a light base of questionable Christian theology. Made into a TV film in 2003, and followed over a quarter century by four other books featuring the same families.
Three very special kids, with the help of three very special old women, attempt to save their very special father after he disappears while working on a mysterious project for the government. One of the kids, the one from whose perspective the story is told, is sort of normal, but that, we learn, is only an unfortunate temporary condition. Time has very little to do with this Young Adult hybrid of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, which should have been called A Wrinkle in Space, as these extraordinary travelers bounce about the galaxy looking for dear old dad. A Newbery Award winner, though presumably not for the story per se or the characters, but for L'Engle's honest and unflinching view of life as a mixture of both good and evil, as well as for her optimistic view that good can prevail. And make no mistake: once things turn bad for these kids, they turn very bad indeed. All served up on a light base of questionable Christian theology. Made into a TV film in 2003, and followed over a quarter century by four other books featuring the same families.
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