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A wrinkle in time

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In this novel Charles goes searching for his lost father through a wrinkle in time with his sister Meg and friend Calvin. They find themselves on an evil planet, where all life is ruled by a huge, pulsating brain known as IT.

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ISBN: 9780141354934 Category: Children's - Older Readers Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism, Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues
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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.

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When Charles and Meg Murry go searching through a ‘wrinkle in time’ for their lost father, they find themselves on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as ‘It’.

Meg, Charles and their friend Calvin embark on a cosmic journey helped by the funny and mysterious trio of guardian angels, Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which. Together they must find the weapon that will defeat It.

A groundbreaking and inspiring story of travel through time and space to battle a cosmic evil which has sold millions of copies and transformed children’s literature. Winner of the Newbery Medal.

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Weight 0.202 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.8 × 1.9 cm
Author

L'Engle, Madeleine

Publisher

Puffin

Imprint

Puffin

Cover

Paperback

Pages

255

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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