A Wrinkle in Time has been critically acclaimed.
The book won a Newbery Medal , Sequoyah Book Award , and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award , and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
The former is sometimes called the `` Nobel Prize for children 's literature ''.
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People -LRB- IBBY -RRB- , recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their `` lasting contribution -LSB- s -RSB- to children 's literature ''.
Award-winning books were deemed to `` belong on the same shelf '' as Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll , having enough of the qualities of his work.
The award is given to the author of `` the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
