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by Madeleine L'Engle (Author)
Meg Murry, nuestra protagonista, tiene problemas para adaptarse en la escuela, es difícil adivinar que sus padres son científicos. Papá desapareció tiempo atrás en extrañas circunstancias, pero mamá no ha perdido la esperanza de volver a verlo. Su hermano pequeño, Charles, es un niño prodigio; su mente posee una percepción excepcional que le permite ver más allá de las apariencias. Es esa habilidad la que les permitirá encontrarse con las señoras Qué, Cuál y Quién, y descubrir que detrás de ellas se esconde un increíble secreto, "la arruga en el tiempo" que puede llevarlos a otros mundos. Justo lo necesario para emprender la búsqueda de su padre perdido, no creen?
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 disturbing stranger who sat down and began speaking to them about a tesseract. A tesseract, (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. 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 (one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.Author Biography
Madeleine L'Engle is a popular author of many books for children and adults. She has interspersed her writing and teaching career with raising three children, maintaining an apartment in New York, and a farmhouse called "Crosswicks." Her novel, A Wrinkle in Time, won the Newbery Medal in 1963.
