The main character Meg Murray, is worried about her little borther. His name is Cahrles Wallace and he's six years old, but he is also a genius. He is bullied and pushed around at school becuase of his brilliance. No one can comprehend what he talks about so they hurt him. Mr. Jenkins is the principal at the elementary school. Meg and Mr. Jenkins don't get along until certain events take place, and Meg finds out that she needs him. Meg discovers that her brother has a progressive disease that has to do with his farandolae. One afternoon Charles Wallace and Meg find a Cheribum called Proginoskes, and a robed being named Blajeny. They tell Meg and Charles that they have been sent to help and that they must go through a series of tests to save Charles' life. They must stop the Echthroi from erasing the universe.


I personally did not like this book. I usually like books like this; fantasy in general. I like the other books realated to this one such as A Wrinkle in Time. but this book never really caught my interest. It was a pain to read the whole thing. I enjoy reading, but i kept reading this one hoping it would get better. The plot was kind of weird. The events that happened in it were so crazy that the book was hard to follow. Also there were a lot of words that were hard to pronounce. The story also moved very slowly. It seemed like they stretched one scene over three chapters. The characters are pretty well developed. They gave off voice and I got a pretty good visual of them. I dont think this book has a message or theme to it, or least I didnt find one.

teacher. grading book project. okay, but you use terms and names we don't understand. who would you recommend this to?