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Time Quintet
The ''Time Quintet'' is a fantasy/science fiction series of five Young adult literature, young adult novels written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. The quintet includes ''A Wrinkle in Time'' (1962), ''A Wind in the Door'' (1973), ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'' (1978), ''Many Waters'' (1986), and ''An Acceptable Time'' (1989). Publishing history The series originated with ''A Wrinkle in Time'', written from 1959 to 1960 and turned down by 26 publishers before Farrar, Straus and Giroux finally published it in 1962 in literature, 1962. ''A Wrinkle in Time'' won the Newbery Medal and has sold over 6 million copies. The sequel, ''A Wind in the Door'', takes place the following year but was published over a decade later, in 1973 in literature, 1973. ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'', set ten years after ''A Wrinkle in Time'', followed in 1978 in literature, 1978. The fourth title of the quintet, ''Many Waters'', was published in 1986 in literature, 1986, but takes place several years be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wrinkle In Time
''A Wrinkle in Time'' is a young adult science fantasy novel written by American author Madeleine L'Engle. First published in 1962, the book won the Newbery Medal, the Sequoyah Book Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. The main characters – Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O'Keefe – embark on a journey through space and time, from galaxy to galaxy, as they endeavor to rescue the Murrys' father and fight The Black Thing that has intruded into several worlds. The novel offers a glimpse into the war between light and darkness, and good and evil, as the young characters mature into adolescents on their journey, and wrestles with questions of spirituality and purpose, as the characters are often thrown into conflicts of love, divinity, and goodness. It is the first book in L'Engle's '' Time Quintet'', which follows the Murry and O'Keefe families. L'Engle modeled the Murry family on her own. B. E. Cull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |