A Wind in the Door

Submitted by Shabana Basha

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle (1973) 211 pages.

“There are dragons in the twins' garden. Or there were. They’ve moved to the north pasture now.” The second book about the Murry family, A Wind in the Door is about Charles Wallace, Meg’s youngest brother, who becomes really ill. Also he claims to see things in his garden such as dragons. With the adventure of getting better, along with Meg and Calvin O’Keefe, it will take them out into galactic space and then into the unimaginably small world of the mitochondrion.

My feelings throughout this book were hopeful, suspense, anxious, unhappy, and worried. This book is perfect for me because I love mystery/science/suspense books. I have already read A Wrinkle in Time and just loved it.

Another thing that I really find interesting in L’Engle’s books is that some of the science in this book is really cool. It talks about space, galaxies, all the way to mitochondria. I pick up little details, and later look them up on the Internet to learn something new.
Also, my opinions of this aren’t negative at all. I agree with everything that L’Engle wrote.

You may be interested to know:
This book is science fiction
Charles – 7 is really intelligent, Meg – 14 is vulnerable, Calvin – 16 is caring and brave.
Takes place in the U.S in present day.
The author’s style is great; vivid imagery, explains everything. The point of view is first person.
I absolutely love this book! I really like reading books and science fiction is one of my favorite genres. I think the author did a great job of writing this book.
* * * * * (five stars)