The novel is primarily historical fiction with some low-key fantasy which is almost indistinguishable from supernatural elements. They have no idea where (or when) they are, although it quickly becomes obvious to the reader as they meet people whose names are familiar from a Bible history context. The story starts when the twins access their father’s computer and are suddenly transported to a very hot climate. They are considered the ordinary, practical people in their family, as they enjoy sports and gardening rather than obscure scientific theories. This is about Dennys and Sandy Murry, who appear as minor characters in the other 'Time Quintet' books. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time.Ī Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! The boys find they have more to do in the oasis than simply getting themselves home-they have to reunite an estranged father and son, but it won't be easy, especially when the son is named Noah and he's about to start building a boat in the desert.Ī Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson Each boy is quickly embroiled in the conflicts of this time and place, whose populations includes winged seraphim, a few stray mythic beasts, perilous and beautiful nephilim, and small, long lived humans who consider Sandy and Dennys giants. The twins are rescued by Japheth, a man from the nearby oasis, but before he can bring them to safety, Dennys gets lost. They find themselves alone in the desert, where, if they believe in unicorns, they can find unicorns, and whether they believe or not, mammoths and manticores will find them. Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. Nothing especially interesting has happened to the twins until they accidentally interrupt their father's experiment.

They garden, make an occasional A in school, and play baseball. Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family. In A Wrinkle in Time Quintet book two, Meg Murry, now in college, time travels with her twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys, to a desert oasis that is embroiled in war.

Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle