TY - BOOK AU - L'Engle,Madeleine TI - A wrinkle in time SN - 0440998050 AV - JUV PZ 7 .L5385 Wr 1976 PY - 1976///, c1962 CY - New York PB - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers KW - Space and time KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Time travel KW - Families KW - Fiction KW - Family life KW - Newbery Medal KW - Science fiction N1 - "Laurel-leaf books."; Edition statement from p. [4] of cover; RL: 5.8 N2 - Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. 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 sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time ER -