The Wrinkle in Time Quintet - Boxed Set

by Madeleine L'Engle (Author)

For the first time, Madeline L'Engle's classic sci-fi / fantasy series is being offered as a Quintet (Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time) in a beautifully designed box set featuring art by Taeeun Yoo.

A Wrinkle in Time--One of the most significant novels of our time. This fabulous, ground-breaking science-fiction and fantasy story is the first of five in the Time Quintet series about the Murry family. A Wrinkle in Time is soon to be a major motion picture from Disney, directed by Ava DuVernay, starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling.

A Wind in the Door--When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Jenkins, must travel inside C.W. to make him well, and save the universe from the evil Echthros.

A Swiftly Tilting Planet--The Murry and O'Keefe families enlist the help of the unicorn, Gaudior, to save the world from imminent nuclear war.

Many Waters--Meg Murry, now in college, time travels with her twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys, to a desert oasis that is embroiled in war.

An Acceptable Time--While spending time with her grandparents, Alex and Kate Murry, Polly O'Keefe wanders into a time 3,000 years before her own.

Author Biography

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) wrote more than 60 books, the most famous of which is A Wrinkle In Time, winner of the Newbery Award in 1963. Two companion novels, A Wind in the Door and the Newbury Honor book A Swiftly Tilting Planet, complete what has come to be known as The Time Quintet. She also wrote a semi-autobiographical series featuring the Austin family, beginning with the novel Meet The Austins and including the Newbury Honor Book A Ring of Endless Light.