A Wrinkle in Time

Extract: Meg is the awkward, friendless 14 year old daughter of two brilliant scientists. Bored with school and ignored by other kids, she often finds herself at odds with both her classmates and teachers. She's close to her 5 year old little brother, Charles Wallace, who didn't speak until the age of 5, and then spoke in complete sentences, and seems to know what she's thinking. She also has twin 10 year old brothers. Charles Wallace is special, much more intelligent than other children, and to her dismay, so is Meg. Only recently, has she befriended the 17 year old Calvin, and she doesn't quite trust him yet…