“A Wind In the Door” By Madeleine L’Engle
Published: January 1, 1973 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Genres: Science fiction, Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Children’s literature
Preceded by “A Wrinkle in Time”
“A Wind in the Door” is the sequel to “A Wrinkle in Time.” Meg and Charles Wallace Murray live with their scientist parents in a small village where they both struggle to fit in, luckily Meg has found a friend in Calvin a popular older boy at school. Charles Wallace is having an especially hard time and Meg is no longer in the same school so she can’t protect him. She goes to his school to talk to the principal, Mr. Jenkins, about Charles Wallace’s bullies, but he offers no help. Instead he blames Charles Wallace for talking nonsense.
When Charles Wallace falls ill Meg learns that the dragons Charles Wallace has been seeing is actually a cherubim that she needs to partner with to save her little brother’s life. Calvin joins the adventure of course and Mr. Jenkins is even recruited to the life saving team.
“A Wind in the Door” is a complicated story handled well. It is a fun story for young readers that will bring their imagination to life. The beautiful descriptions in the book take you to magical places and on amazing adventures not unlike the first book. There are 5 books in the Time Quintet and I look forward to reading and sharing each one with my daughters.
Enjoyable for all ages with good imaginations. I give this a 4 out of 5 for young readers.
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