title: A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
author:  Madeleine L'Engle 
description: *Starred Review* Commemorating its fiftieth anniversary, LEngles classic couldnt have scored a better talent to adapt its story into comics form. Larson produces high-quality coming-of-age stories featuring female protagonists, with the most recent (Mercury, 2010) even including a fantasy element to highlight the tales emotional stakes. She dives wholeheartedly into LEngles seminal epic, chronicling the journey of Meg Murry, her preternaturally intelligent younger brother, Charles, and their friend Calvin OKeefe, crossing distant worlds to save the Murrys, lost patriarch. Guided by three grandmotherly guardian angels, they navigate the dangers of a mind-controlled world fallen under the influence of a cosmic force of pure evil. Larson has miraculously preserved the power of the originals social and religious themes, as well as its compelling emotional core, while staying true to her distinctive voice and aesthetic. Her soft-lined, large-eyed characters are a modern exemplar of classical American cartooning, and the metallic blue coating of the pages evokes both the timelessness of the story and the remoteness of alien worlds. This adaptation is fabulous for presenting a fresh vision to those familiar with the original, but its so true to the storys soul that even those whove never read it will come away with a genuine understanding of LEngles ideas and heart. Grades 6-12. --Jesse Karp
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  Praise for John Connolly’s Samuel Johnson Series
  
  
  
  
  
  “Laugh-out-loud funny . . . a cross between Eoin Colfer and Terry Pratchett.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Los Angeles Times
  
  
  
  
  
  “Whimsical and wicked . . . Connolly’s tale screams to be shared.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Minneapolis StarTribune
  
  
  
  
  
  “It is Madeleine L’Engle by way of Douglas Adams. The Gates is a fun book and
  an awfully funny one, as well.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Chicago Sun-Times
  
  
  
  
  
  “Delightfully fresh and imaginative.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Houston Press
  
  
  
  
  
  “A wholly original novel.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —People
  
  
  
  
  
  “Delightfully horrific and hilarious.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Eoin Colfer
  
  
  
  
  
  “Connolly’s graceful prose, laced with acerbically witty footnotes, is a joy
  to read, and he easily alternates among slapstick comedy, powerful drama, and
  skin-crawling horror.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  “Brilliantly funny, often touching, with enough action to keep adventure fans
  on the edges of their chairs, this novel combines top-notch writing with
  cutting wit.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Ki