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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.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract".
Meg's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?
Meg's family is always being made fun of. No. Not the twins. They're the only AVERAGE Murrys. Which is why they don't go with them on their frightening, exiting adventure. An adventure with a two-dimensional planet. A quest with a happy medium. A prison of pain. A living brain. A kind motherly monster. A journey to save their father.
Meg loves math. So does her father. But unfortunately she had a quick temper. Charles Wallace is a five-year-old boy with amazing intellect. Although Calvin is poor, he's a good friend and a basketball player. And they have help from Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which.
Camazotz is a delightful ( if boring ) planet. ( Why the "boring" part? Would you like everybody to be EXACTLY the same? I thought not. ) At least most people think so. But it is really run by evil itself.
A really, really, really GREAT book.
I love this book so much! You describe it so well; it would make me want to jump right in all over again. Love this blog!
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