I reread Madeline L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" about a month ago. [View All]

I'm now teaching middle school language arts, and I remembered loving the book as a kid, so I reread it this summer. I thought maybe it might be a book that I would teach in class. However, I was kind of shocked to discover that it is a balatantly Christian religious book. Aliens from all over the universe (the good ones) refer to God's love, and the main character, Meg, eventually defeats the bad guy (which is a giant BRAIN) with the power of love and faith.

Needless to say, I will not be teaching this book in class.

I'm posting this now because Ms. L'Engle just died and there is a thread in LBN celebrating her and this book in particular. I wanted to post this analysis, but I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade. I figured that this was the place.