Mr. Murray has been gone for over a year and the letters have not been coming for the past several months. This has been hard on his family but even more so on Meg, his only daughter. Then one very stormy night, there is a banging outside and Charles Wallce, the youngest Murray, introduces Meg and their mother to Mrs. Whatsit. As the days go by, Meg is introduced to the others, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which and they tell her that they know where her father is and that she and Charles Wallace must be prepared to rescue him when the time comes. As the story spins out, Mr. Murray is trapped on another planet, Camozotz, where the Darkness has taken hold and Meg, Charles Wallace, and a neighbor boy, Calvin, must find a way to get Mr. Murray out of the hands of IT who is trying to take over his mind. A big task for three children.
I didn't read this book as a child even though I know I had a copy. I read the whole quintet a few years ago so this is my second time reading this book. I'm reading it as part of my 10yr old's literature study this year. I find it a bit simplistic and while the fantasy is fun, the storyline is a basic good v. evil with no depth to the evil other than this is what evil does. I think it holds up ok but I probably would have enjoyed it more had I read it as a child.
Page count: 480p/21,883p ytd/271,033p lifetime
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