Madeleine L’Engle

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Madeleine L’Engle
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L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time” got rejected 26 times before publication in 1962. Publishers said it was too complicated for children. They were wrong. Meg Murry travels through space and time to rescue her father, battling conformity and evil with love and individuality. L’Engle blended quantum physics, Christianity, and adventure into young adult literature that trusted kids to handle complex ideas. She wrote 60+ books exploring faith, science, and what it means to be different—never talking down to young readers, always treating their intelligence and emotional depth seriously.

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