On a dark
and stormy night (the book starts with that) fourteen year-old
Meg goes downstairs from her room in the attic. Meg is an in-secure-low-self-esteemed girl who doesn't do very good in school, but
is loved by her family, especially her five year-old brother Charles
Wallace. The both of them go down to the kitchen at the same time on that
night, and using his odd ability to seemingly read people's minds, Charles
Wallace makes hot cocoa and a sandwich for her. They are soon joined by their mother,
and they find themselves all eating a midnight snack together (this
amusing ridiculousness is continued throughout the book). Told from the
third-person perspective of Meg, this book continues as during their snack,
they have a strange visitor who is recognized by Charles, named Mrs. Watsit.
After having a conversation with the family, Mrs. Watsit leaves on the note of
telling the children's mom, that 'there is such thing as a tesseract.' Not
knowing what Mrs. Watsit meant or why their mother reacted in a strange way,
Charles and Meg embark on an unexpected journey to an odd world to find out.
This is and odd and entertaining book, and I can see why people
call it a classic. If you haven't read it, I
would definitely recommend it for the future when a conversation
comes up about it. Happy almost EXPO everyone!
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