I'm a kid at heart and I've always loved this series.
A delightful fantasy that incorporates science, imagination and life. I enjoyed this little read and look forward to reading the new books in the series. No wonder so many young people pick it up and read it. The fight for the life of Charles Wallace is fierce indeed as Mr. Jenkins, Calvin, Meg, Meg's parents, Dr. Louise and the magical being known as Proginoskes work desperately to achieve this end. Fun!
Madeleine L'Engle has been one of my favorite authors for a while now. This follow-up to "A Wrinkle in Time" is a must-read if you enjoyed the first book. Like its predecessor, it requires either an adult's scientific knowledge or a child's rich imagination to really get into it. This is another book that works on more than one level; if parents and children would read it together, I think they would both get something out of it. If you can wrap your head around the idea of an entire "world" contained in a single cell, you will find this book fascinating.
Cherubim. Echthroi. Kything. Farandolae. Fewmets. Mitochondria. All the usual weirdness you'd find in one of L'Engle's novels.
