A Wrinkle in Time is a children's fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, written between 1959 and 1960 and published in 1962 after at least 26 rejections by publishers because it was, in L'Engle's words, "too different." The book went on to win a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. It is the first in L'Engle's series of books about the Murry and O'Keefe families.
The main character is Meg Murry, who is regarded by her peers and teachers as a bad-tempered underachiever. Her family recognizes her problem as a lack of emotional maturity but also regards her as being capable of great things. The family includes her beautiful scientist mother, her mysteriously missing scientist father, her five-year-old brother Charles Wallace Murry —a nascent super-genius— and ten-year-old twin athlete brothers Sandy and Dennys Murry.
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ellen Raskin (1960s editions), Leo and Diane Dillon (current hardcover) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Time Quartet |
| Genre(s) | Young Adult, Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| Publication date | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 211 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-374-38613-7 |
| Followed by | A Wind in the Door |
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