They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.Ī Wrinkle in Time is the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.'Ī tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. 'I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. 'Wild nights are my glory,' the unearthly stranger told them. It was a dark and stormy night Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture.

A wrinkle in time graphic novel