Books like A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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Story type
What it is about
Where it happens
- Camazotz
- Earth
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 9+
- Children's
Awards
- Newbery Medal
About this book
Meg Murry and her friends meet unearthly strangers while searching for Meg's father, who disappeared during secret government work. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Time Quintet series and set in Camazotz.
Reading level: Children's Literature, ages 10-14 (Macmillan).
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Open Library subject · Macmillan
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Why: Both are children's fantasy books. Both received the Newbery Medal.
- Children's
- Fantasy
- Newbery Medal
What both books share
- children's
A Wrinkle in Time: "Children's fiction" (OL subject)
Bridge to Terabithia: "children's fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time: "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Bridge to Terabithia: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre) - Newbery Medal
A Wrinkle in Time: "Newbery Medal" (WD award received)
Bridge to Terabithia: "Newbery Medal" (WD award received)
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time: "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Magician's Nephew: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are children's fantasy books.
- Children's
- Fantasy
What both books share
- children's
A Wrinkle in Time: "Children's fiction" (OL subject)
The Phantom Tollbooth: "children's fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time: "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Phantom Tollbooth: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy--juvenile fiction" (OL subject)
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What they share, at a glance
A Wrinkle in Time next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Children's | Science fiction | Newbery Medal | Time travel |
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| Bridge to Terabithia | shared | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Magician's Nephew | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Howl's Moving Castle | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Into the Wild | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Midnight | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The City of Ember | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Among the Hidden | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Never War | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| The Horse and His Boy | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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A Wrinkle in Time: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on January 1, 1962. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 245-page edition from Square Fish. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
0312367546 ... 245 p. ... Square Fish
- Awards and honors
- It received the Newbery Medal in 1963. Source: Wikidata, citing ala.org, checked November 6, 2026.
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