A daring adventure through space

 The groundbreaking book won a All about major literary award 60 years ago.

The highest honor in children’s literature, the Newbery Medal, went to A Wrinkle in Time in 1963. Madeleine L’Engle’s work pushed the boundaries of what children’s books could be. An artistic author Madeleine L’Engle (pronounced LENG-el) was born in 1918 in New York City. Growing up, she played the piano, acted in plays, and loved to read. When she ran out of books at home, she began writing her own stories. She won a poetry contest in fifth grade, but her teacher didn’t believe L’Engle could’ve written such a good poem. She continued submitting poems and stories to publishers but received so many rejections that she nearly gave up writing. Fortunately, she kept trying. Creating a classic After reading a book about Albert Einstein, a famous physicist (scientist who studies…

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