A Wrinkle in Time

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A Wrinkle in Time is a children's fantasy novel, written by Madeleine L'Engle, and first published in 1962. The book has also been the recipient of numerous book awards. The story is about two children, accompanied by a friend, who search through space and time for their father. It involves an evil that is expanding through the universe, "tesseracts" and multiple dimensions, culminating in a happy ending.

Similar to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and The Outsiders, the book is listed on the American Library Association's most frequently challenged books, due to the references to liberal Christianity and religion.

In Lost

This is one of the novels that Sawyer reads on the Island. He read the 1976 commemorative edition by Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers (cover art by Cliff Nielsen). ("Deus Ex Machina")

See also

• Appearances of literary works
• Religion and ideologies - regarding other shared themes

External links

• Made into a 2004 Disney TV movie

Books (Theories about books) v • t • e
Literary References	After All These Years • Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret • The Bible • A Brief History of Time • The Brothers Karamazov • Carrie • Catch-22 • Dirty Work • The Epic of Gilgamesh • Evil Under the Sun • Hindsight • Lancelot • Laughter in the Dark • Lord of the Flies • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • The Odyssey • The Mysterious Island • Of Mice and Men • Our Mutual Friend • Rainbow Six • The Shape of Things to Come • Stranger in a Strange Land • The Third Policeman • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Turn of the Screw • VALIS • Watership Down • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz • A Wrinkle in Time • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Spin-Off Novels	Bad Twin • Endangered Species • Secret Identity • Signs of Life • The Valenzetti Equation
Confirmed Influence	The Illuminatus! Trilogy • The Stand • Watchmen
Reference	Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide • Finding Lost-Season Three: The Unofficial Guide • Getting Lost: Survival, Baggage, and Starting Over in J. J. Abrams' Lost • Lost's Buried Treasures • The Lost Chronicles: The Official Companion Book • Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide • Living Lost • Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons