Nils's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: Nils Veidis **
 * __ Book Report __**

The Newberry Medal book that I read was __A Wrinkle In Time__, by Madeleine L'Engle.
 * 1. ****What is the title of your book and who is the author?**

Although there are several characters, two of the most important are Margaret (Meg) Murry and Charles Wallace Murry. Meg is a 14-year-old female who is smart but rather rude when in school. She meets Calvin O'Keefe later in the book. The book alluded to the possibility that those two characters had a secret relationship. Charles Wallace is a 6-year-old genius. I think that at some point in the book Charles thought that Meg liked Calvin more, but that is only my opinion.
 * 2. ****Name and describe two main characters.**

This book, __A Wrinkle In Time__ by Madeleine L'Engle, is about two siblings and a friend on a mission to save their father who disappeared. One night Mrs Whatsit, a neighbor, stops by the Murry's house by accident during a stormy night. Meg and Charles, along with Calvin who is a friend, tesser (close to teleport) with Mrs Whatsit and her two friends, Mrs Who and Mrs Which, to a planet out of our solar system. Later they tesser to the planet of Camazotz, where everyone is the same, to rescue their father. Charles lets himself get fooled by IT, a large brain that gets into your mind and controls you, and then Charles, hypnotized, leads Meg and Calvin to Meg's father. Meg, Calvin, Meg's rescued father, and hypnotized Charles go to a dome where IT was found. IT starts to take Meg's mind but Meg's father tessers himself, Meg and Calvin to a planet of nice beasts who cure Meg from being paralized from tessering. Afterward, a meeting takes place on how to save Charles. Meg returns to Camazotz by tessering. Meg saves Charles from IT, with love, because IT doesn't know what love is. Then everyone tessers back home to their home planet Earth.
 * 3. ****Write a summary of your book.** (5-12 sentences)

What makes the book good is that it has a lot of fantasy, which I personally enjoy. For example, what I found interesting was how Mrs Whatsit can transform into any creature.
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **

If I had to be a critic then I would say that Madeleine L'Engle could have used much smaller words that were easier to understand.
 * Big Question #2: What would make this book better? **

I think that Madeleine L'Engle mostly wanted the reader to know and see the relationships between all the characters.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know? **

I think that Madeleine L'Engle wrote this book to make the reader want more of the series. What made me think this was the clincher of this book and the title of the next book in the quintet.
 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **

The audience needs to understand Meg's feelings for Charles or else the book would be very confusing. I know this because Meg yells at her father and Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Which, and Mrs Who angrily, but it is only because she cares so much for Charles and she wants to save him from IT as soon as possible.
 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? **