A Wrinkle in Time

1963 (published) ; Madeleine L’Engle

A Wrinkle in Time is a science fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L’Engle first published in 1963. The story revolves around a young girl whose father, a government scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a “tesseract.” The book won a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. It is the first in L’Engle’s series of books about the Murry and O’Keefe families.

OTHER NOVELS - MURRY AND O’KEEFE FAMILIES:

First-Generation (Murry)

A Wind in the Door (1973) 

A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978) 

Many Waters (1986)

Second-Generation (O'Keefe)

The Arm of the Starfish (1965) 

Dragons in the Waters (1976) 

A House Like a Lotus (1984) 

An Acceptable Time (1989)