<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. L5385 Wr 1962 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> A Wind in the Door </Td> </Tr> <P> A Wrinkle in Time is a science fantasy novel written by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962 . The book won the Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner - up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award . It is the first book in L'Engle's Time Quintet, which follows the Murrys and Calvin O'Keefe . </P> <P> The book spawned two film adaptations, both by Disney: a 2003 television film directed by John Kent Harrison, and a 2018 theatrical film directed by Ava DuVernay . </P>

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