<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Polly Charles Xan Den Peggy Johnny Rosy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Dr. Jack Murry (father) Dr. Kate Murry (mother) Charles Wallace Murry (brother) Sandy (brother) Dennys (brother) </Td> </Tr> <P> Margaret "Meg" Murry O'Keefe is the main character in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet of science fantasy novels, the daughter of two scientists, the sister of twins Sandy and Dennys Murry and telepath Charles Wallace Murry, and the mother of Polly O'Keefe and others in the O'Keefe series of books . About fourteen years old when introduced in A Wrinkle in Time (1962), she is thirty - six and a mother of seven in her second published appearance, The Arm of the Starfish (1965). The adventures of Meg, her three brothers and her two eldest children take place over the course of eight books, written between 1959 and 1989 . A further novel about Meg as an adult, begun in the 1990s, remains unfinished . </P> <P> In A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Meg longs for her father, who has mysteriously disappeared . She becomes friends with fellow student Calvin O'Keefe, who joins Meg and Charles Wallace in traveling by tesseract to other planets and provides Meg much - needed emotional support . Together they rescue Dr. Murry on the dark planet Camazotz . Meg ultimately rescues Charles Wallace from Camazotz as well, not through her own intelligence or strength but simply by loving him . </P>

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