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Thursday, February 28, 2008

A Wrinkle In Time

A Wrinkle In Time
Madeleine L'Engle
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962
203 pages

Meg, her brother Charles Wallace and friend Calvin meet an odd woman and travel with her through a "wrinkle in time," a phenomenon called a tesseract. They land on a planet that is populated with people who have been bound by conformity. Meg's adventures in space are exciting and harrowing--will she be able to rescue her father and tesser back to earth?
This book is a classic of the early fantasy/science fiction genre.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O'Dell
Boston:Houghton Mifflin Co., 1960
181 pages

Karana, an Indian girl, learns to survive alone on an island after her people go away. Her solitude becomes full of animal friends and useful work. She confronts dangers and challenges with creativity and courage. After 18 years she is rescued and rejoins the world of people.
This beautifully-written story is based on a real person.

Hard Times for Jake Smith

Hard Times for Jake Smith
By Ailene Kilgore Henderson
Canada: Milkweed Editions, 2004
192 pages

The Depression era of the 1930s was a hard time for everyone, especially families who could not take care of their children. Maryjake wondered why her father sold the cow, and then her dog. When they packed up the car and drove off, she was ordered out and abandoned. Her mother gave her some final instructions and a mysterious package. Maryjake survives by becoming Jake and disguising herself as a boy. She makes new friends and solves the mystery of her family.
This is a great book about resourcefulness and commitment during hard times.