Comments on: Banned Books Week Spotlight – A Wrinkle in Time

By: E.

E. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:13:50 +0000

I received this book as a gift and I read it wondering if I had read it as a teen.
I loved recognising the Bible verses that are in it! BUT I am very offended to have Jesus listed with many artists and others who were lights to see by. The verse used is : and the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not”. Jesus is THE light, He is THE way, THE TRUTH and THE LIGHT, no one can get to the Father except by HIM. To list Him with mere men and the god, Buddha, is impossible if you KNOW Him and who He is.
It goes to show that God’s Word is true as what the is verse is saying is exactly what has happened in this book.

By: Belle

Belle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:32:36 +0000

This was one of my favorite books – I can’t tell you how many times I reread it. I was always searching the library in hopes of finding books similar to it. It has never occurred to me that it had anything to do with religion at all. And I simply don’t see how it can be seen as offensive that Jesus is named on a list of philosophers and others who bring light to the world.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:47:06 +0000

This is one of my favorite books. I was raised in a Christian home although, admittedly, we were always more on the liberal side of Christianity) but I never even noticed the Christian themes. The fact that Jesus is mentioned with all those other great thinkers, artists, etc., never seemed objectionable to me, or to my parents apparently. Madeleine L’Engle is one of my mom’s favorite authors also.

One of my favorite stories about people objecting to this book comes from L’Engle’s journal A Circle of Quiet She said that she got a concerned letter from a teacher saying that students were passing around Wrinkle reading the “sex scenes”, and she included page numbers. L’Engle said she ran to the book in great excitement “to read my sex scenes” which she didn’t realize she’d written, and discovered that they were the descriptions of tessering.

By: KyleeJ

KyleeJ — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:49:40 +0000

I was kind of shocked when I saw the title for this post. “Banned? Really?”

Like you, I read A Wrinkle in Time when I was about 12 and didn’t really get into it. I’m not even sure if I finished it. I am not a Christian so it doesn’t really challenge my beliefs. If anything I’d have to say it reinforces them. I re-read A Wrinkle in Time earlier this year and I really got into it this time. I have 3 of the other 4 in the quintet and plan to read all 5 of them eventually. =)

By: Elizabeth M.

Elizabeth M. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:49:15 +0000

I think I bought this for my kids but I don’t think they ever read it. I need to go into their rooms and find it again to read it myself.

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:02 +0000

ok, when i was in 6th grade we read this book as a class and we had to create a scene from the book…like a life-size diorama thing. it. was. awesome. i loved this book, i should read it again. i read the phantom tollbooth again as an adult and that was a fantastic experience, so perhaps i should try this one again..

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:35:22 +0000

I haven’t read this book yet and also read a few books from the banned book week. I’ll be adding this one to my list. I found this blog very interesting especially the information about why it was banned. Lately I’ve reread quite a few books that I read when I was younger and I realize that I pick up certain themes now that I never caught when I was in middle school or high school. I can see why adults would get upset about these issues but to many kids they never realize the bigger issues. They are sucked more into the story itself and don’t always realize the hidden meanings.

By: Ladytink_534

Ladytink_534 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:51:01 +0000

I read it a long time ago. I can't even really remember much about it! I recently read A Ring of Endless Light and Troubling a Star by her though.

By: Jeane

Jeane — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:48:19 +0000

When I read this book as a kid I was a pretty strong Christian follower. I didn’t find it challenging or insulting at all. In fact, I thought it was cool that Jesus would be included in the list of great people who enlightened the world, because I thought it showed some people would appreciate Jesus’ teachings, even if they didn’t believe in him.

By: lisalynne

lisalynne — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:04 +0000

Wrinkle in Time is one of the first books I remember reading and being really crazy about – after I took it out from the library, I made my parents buy me my own copy. I agree that the religious themes are not in-your-face and I couldn’t imagine why someone would challenge this book. Of course, that might be exactly why some people would challenge it. Now I’m itching to find a new copy of this one!