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Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy novel tells the story of a young girl, Meg, and her search for her father, a government scientist, who mysteriously disappears. In L'Engle's world, there are no shades of gray, and all the characters can be easily classified as either good or evil. The "wrinkle" in the novel is the passage through space and time that young Meg and her friends travel through to rescue Meg's father. Written in 1963, the subject of death was not a common theme in children's books, but the author confronts the topic without artifice. A Wrinkle in Time garnered a Newbery Medal and several other prestigious awards. |