LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review
1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Priyanka P.
2. Date of review of book: February 24, 2008
3. Complete Book Title: A Wrinkle in Time
4. Author of Book: Madeleine L’Engle
5. Year the book was published: 1962
6. Genre: Science Fiction
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 2
8. Main conflict in the book: Meg and Charles Wallace Murry have lost contact with their father, a physicist, who is traveling through space and time.
9. Setting of the book: (place and time) A Wrinkle in Time takes place in the 1900s on a small planet in another galaxy.
10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Meg Murry
(2) Charles Wallace Murry
(3) Calvin O’Keefe
11. Are the characters believable and interesting? The characters are believable
and interesting because, though they are traveling through space they still experience the same kind of problems children face today.
12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, andlo use
quotation marks!) Meg Murry says, “Charles. Charles, I love you. My baby brother who always takes care of me. Come back to me, Charles Wallace, come away from IT, come back, come home. I love you, Charles. Oh, Charles Wallace, I love you.” (pg.229)
13. Good reasons to read the book: This is a very interesting and suspenseful book that is very well written.
14. Any reasons not to read the book? This is not a book for people who don’t like science fiction.
15. Did you like this book or not? And why…. I like this book because the characters were appealing to me and it was as if they were real.
1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Serena Z.
2. Date of review of book: February 25, 2008
3. Complete Book Title: A Wrinkle in Time
4. Author of Book: Madeleine L’Engle
5. Year the book was published: 1962
6. Genre: Science Fiction
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1
8. Main conflict in the book: Meg Murry’s father is missing and three strangers, one named Mrs. Whatsit, one named Mrs. Who, and one named Mrs. Which, are trying to help Meg locate her father. Meg, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe travel through space and explore different places in search for Meg’s missing parent.
9. Setting of the book: (place and time)
This story takes place in outer space and in different dimensions.
10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Meg Murry is a teenage girl who doesn’t fit in at school with her classmates and is very good at math. She has three brothers, Dennys, Sandy, and Charles Wallace, but she is the oldest of them all.
(2) Charles Wallace is a boy who doesn’t fit in at school and others think that he is not smart. He can read his sister, Meg, and his mom, a scientist. He can sense when Meg is upset and is usually there for her.
11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
Some of the characters are very believable, but some of the characters are not. However, all the characters are interesting. The believable characters act like people in the modern day world and it is very realistic because we can relate ourselves to them. They are interesting because their characteristics are all unique and different.
12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!)
“’We gave you gifts last time we took you to Camazotz. We will not let you go empty handed this time. But what we can give you now is nothing you can touch with your hands. I give you my love, Meg. Never forget that. My love always.’” Mrs. Whatsit (p.201)
13. Good reasons to read the book: This book was fantastic because it was fascinating and the amount of suspense the book held was amazing. The book was based upon scientific studies and theories so it was very fascinating to read.
14. Any reasons not to read the book?
In some parts of the book, it was confusing and hard to understand because of its scientific methods.
15. Did you like this book or not? And why…. This book was great, and when I started, I couldn’t stop. There were many suspenseful moments inside the book and the characters were very interesting and also believable.
1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Annie M.
2. Date of review of book: 6/14/07
3. Complete Book Title: A Wrinkle in Time
4. Author of Book: Madeleine L’Engle
5. Year the book was published: 1962
6. Genre: Fantasy
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 2
8. Main conflict in the book: Meg Murry, her friend Calvin, and her little brother Charles Wallace go on an adventure to the find Meg and Charles Wallace’s father in the fifth dimension.
9. Setting of the book: (place and time) All of the different dimensions
10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Meg Murry
(2)Charles Wallace
11. Are the characters believable and interesting? I think Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace are all believable and interesting because they have characteristics like regular children. There are also three witches who lead the children to the dimensions named Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which who aren’t very believable because they are witches who can change into different things.
12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: “Experience is the mother of knowledge.” Quoted by Mrs. Who, page 238
13. Good reasons to read the book: A good reason to read this book is because you never know what is going to happen next and you can’t stop reading. Also you're wondering where Meg’s father will be.
14. Any reasons not to read the book? A reason not to read the book is because it is hard to understand all the different dimensions and what they are like.
15. Did you like this book or not? I really enjoyed this book because I just wanted to keep reading and I wanted to find out what was going to happen next. I also liked the characters of all the different witches because they are all different. Overall this book was a great book and I think it is a great book to read if you enjoy reading fantasy.