About a month ago I read A Wrinkle in Time for school. We were studying the 1960's, and this book happened to be published in 1962. I wasn't sure about reading it at first, but after I watched the movie (yes, Disney made a movie for it) I was a bit more interested and excited to read the book. I found that I enjoyed it!
It is an enjoyable science fiction book about a girl named Meg who's father goes missing. He and his wife were involved in government research about tesseracts, (something to do with other dimensions) and it appears that not only has her father found it, but has been missing because of it! Will Meg find her father and save her family? You'll have to read it.
Here is a link to a VERY helpful website that tells about the book. (This website is good for learning about any popular media.)
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/a-wrinkle-in-time
I rate this book E for everyone.
There is a small romance, but there isn't anything bad in this book at all.
I think the age range should be around 9 at the least, but it extends to any age above that.
Discussion time!
-Have you read it? Did you like it? Why or why not?
-I like how there is a family, and a good one! The siblings love each other, the mom and dad love each other, and the kids and parents love each other too. What's your opinion about these sort of things?
- I have not actually read the whole series (yet) but I want to! So has any one read any of the other books? Were any of them as good as the first book? I keep wondering what they could be about, so I would love to hear your comments!
-Some people like different genres for books (romance, classics, adventure etc). I've already mentioned that this one is science fiction. Do you like certain genres? Is science fiction one of them? Please tell, and please tell why. :-)
-Even though I have read the book, I still don't really know that much about tesseracts. I looked it up on wikipedia, but it was still confusing. Does anyone else know? I would appreciate it if someone explained it to me. :-)
So again, I would love to read some comments if you had any!
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And here is a vocabulary list I made for the book. Enjoy!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6d8iT-sF2DYMGVjV3FpRWk2Q28/edit?usp=sharing
I read this book too!
ReplyDeleteI like books that delve a little into science fiction and/or fantasy. It's fun to disappear into a completely new world. Sometimes as we grow up, we start to lose our wonderful imaginations -- I think that reading these kinds of books helps keep our imaginations alive and well.
This book sure does that --- and it introduced very interesting characters. What is a tesseract? I'll bet we could make one using those magnetic balls and sticks...I read that a tesseract is to a cube as a cube is to a square. Well, that's all fine for geometry, but not for "A Wrinkle in Time". I think the author just liked that word...what do you think?
It's a great book for teaching about friendship, courage and loyalty. Charles is so brave for a little boy. Meg learns a lot about how she feels about her little brother, and she learns a lot about herself, Calvin, their mother and father, Mrs. Whatsit...interesting characters and very odd, but fun story.
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DeleteWhat a great comment! Loved what you said about imagination.
DeleteI've read this book too, though it's been a few years. I always think of the wrong things when I think of science fiction- and didn't notice that this book was in that genre! Who knew that science fiction could be so interesting and fun?
I remember loving the family relationships, they were great, and the whole adventure in the end brings the family closer together. What a good message!
I think the teseract IS a likable word, and I agree that it wasn't used as a geometric shape in the book; more of (according to my memory) another dimension where you could hide a whole world. This book carries so many wild and interesting ideas; it makes you wonder how the author thinks some of them up! Ha ha, odd but fun is a good way to describe it. I haven't watched the movie, was it just as good? Does anyone know?
My favorite part of this book was where it talks about Jesus and other brave historical figures fighting for good. The book to me is a book about fighting for freedom. We fought a war in heaven for freedom and today that war is still going on. Especially in our government right now there are people trying very hard to steal our freedom. How did you feel when you read about the world where everything was controlled, everything was the same? Did you notice that the one thing not the same was the person/thing controlling it? How much more power than the people, it had power over the people. (It's been a long time since I read this.) Well, that's how it is with our government. They want us to all be equally poor, uneducated and oppressed, while they get all the power. How much better is Heavenly Father's plan!! Where sometimes we fail, sometimes we succeed, but we get to choose!
ReplyDeleteTotally. I've been learning about communism in school, and as Ronald Regan once said, any government ruled by communism is definitely an "Evil empire". I hope that our wonderful constitution keeps us from heading down that path. An interesting thought that I am stealing from someone else, the message that agency brings joy is found in several other books too. Take Ella Enchanted for instance. She was a girl under a spell, having to do everything she was told to do. Even if it was good for her, having no choice over her actions made her miserable. Which can defiantly be related to what may have happened under Satan's plan. Agency truly is a blessing.
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Oh yeah, and I did not enjoy the others written by this author. One that I started to read I didn't even finish because there was inappropriate stuff in it. Anne of Green Gables are all good.
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