Of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews for information address square fish 175 fifth avenue new york ny 10010 library of congress cataloging in publication data lengle madeleine a wrinkle in time p cm. A wrinkle in time is a science fantasy novel by american writer madeleine lengle first published in 1963 1 the story revolves around a young girl whose father a government scientist has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseractthe book won a newbery medal sequoyah book award and lewis carroll shelf award and was runner up for the hans christian andersen . Of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews for information address square fish 175 fifth avenue new york ny 10010 library of congress cataloging in publication data lengle madeleine a wrinkle in time p cm. Wrinkle in time her own newbery award book when you reach me is a stunning homage to the book she cherished as a child i asked my son john what he remembered about reading the book thirty five years or so ago he remembers he says that a wrinkle in time was one of my first imaginary trips through the space time continuum and. A wrinkle in time is a science fiction fantasy novel by american writer madeleine lengle first published in 1962 it is about meg and charles walence their father who was working on a interesting project called a tesseract goes missing then they meet a boy and some strange women