1st Quarter Book Review

     This quarter I read a book called A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle.  This book is fairly short 202 pages and the genre is sci-fi. This book was kind of interesting, its about a family of 4 kids and a mother and father. However the dad isn't in the picture because he disappeared ...literally. Meg is the main character, she is the eldest child and only daughter, she is very mature for her age however gets into a lot of trouble because people at school tend to give her a hard time because her dads absence. The book is mainly about finding her dad. Both her parents are scientists, however one day her dad mysteriously goes missing.  After having an odd experience with a weird old lady. Mrs.Whatsit,  Meg and her brother Charles realize she's much more than a creepy old lady. Meg, Charles and an unlikely friend Charles all go on a voyage through time with Mrs Whatsit to free her dad and defeat darkness. Personally, I didn't love this book. My expectations for it were too high because my fifth grade teacher recommended it and he recommended some pretty good reads. Overall the actual writing of it was good and but the plot and genre really did not make me feel connected, which is odd because the elements of it were really mysterious and unexpected. I would recommend this book to someone highly interested in science fiction novels, but for me, (a thriller fan) it was a little slow at the beginning and when I finally got into the book it was basically over.