A Wrinkle In Time Summary

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A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle, is an extraordinary book. it takes place in the 1900’s on another planet called Camazotz, a planet taken over by an evil force. In her book she tells the magnificent story of Meg Murry, a teenager with an attitude, her little brother Charles Wallace, and a boy Meg likes, Calvin O'Keefe. All together they save a planet and Meg’s dad.
It all started on a stormy night in Meg Murry’s bedroom in the attic. She went downstairs to talk to her brother Charles Wallace who is a strange little boy. Then the next day Meg, Charles, and a boy Meg and Charles met on the way over, Calvin O'Keefe, a boy that goes to Meg’s school, visit some of Charles “friends”. Their names were; Mrs.Whatsit, who visited the family

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