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A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell much more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Wrinkle in Time\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). 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