I feel the pain of fellow ‘book a week’ bloggers who are loving the reading but hatin’ the posting.. So if that’s holding anyone back, fear not, a brief recount of the book and a thumbs up or down review is all that’s needed!
Stacey picked these 2 books for our book group this month and I’m sort of ashamed to admit that I’d never heard of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’. How did this classic pass me by in my ‘tween years. Was I too busy reading about Beezus, Ramona and Ribsy? Had my head been stuck in Charlotte’s Web and Trumpet of the Swan and let this one pass me by? Reading ‘Wrinkle’ about 32 years too late was still worth the effort. It’s a magical book, pre Harry Potter, of kids setting out to save the earth, seemingly normal, average kids, determined to rescue their father, a secret scientist, who had been missing for a couple of years. When 3 witches show up one day and take them on their journey through planets, space and time to find him, the reader’s imagination goes with them. Love and their strength saved the day, once again. A fun read that I will now keep for my future ‘tweens.
‘When You Reach Me’ references ‘Wrinkle’ frequently as the favorite book of it’s main character Miranda, growing up in Manhattan in the mid 1970s. Hints of time travel and magic are seen throughout this book which focuses primarily on a 12 year old girl’s angst of living with a single mother, making and losing friends and navigating through life as a citiy kid. The surprise ending was fun and brought the ‘Wrinkle’ references full circle. Thanks Stacey for choosing 2 fun books.
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