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A wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: YA 1785 | Random House/Listening LibrarySeries: L'Engle, Madeleine. Time quintet (Sound recording) ; bk. 1.Publication details: New York : Random House/Listening Library, ℗2012.Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 5 audio discs (approximately 390 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9780307916594
  • 0307916596
  • 9780307916570
  • 030791657X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Orli Moscowitz ; director, Kevin Thomsen.
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal, 1963.
Read by Hope Davis.Summary: "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 be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract". Meg's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?" -- Publisher's website
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Audiobook Children's Audiobook Main Library Children's Audiobook L'Engle Madelein Available 33111009101193
Children's Audiobook Children's Audiobook Main Library Children's Audiobook L'Engle Mad Available 33111007843192
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, soon to be a major motion picture.

Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

In 1962, Madeleine L'Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time , which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story became a classic of children's literature and is beloved around the world. Now Disney is taking it to the silver screen Directed by Ava DuVernay and with an all-star cast that includes Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, and newcomer Storm Reid, the major motion picture brings the world of Wrinkle to life for a new generation of fans.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters , and An Acceptable Time .

Compact discs.

The introduction is read by the author.

Executive producer, Orli Moscowitz ; director, Kevin Thomsen.

Read by Hope Davis.

"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 be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract". Meg's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?" -- Publisher's website

Ages 11-15.

740 Lexile.

Newbery Medal, 1963.

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