The Tesseract

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A Wrinkle in Time, novel by Madeleine L’Engle, published in 1962. Combining theology, fantasy, and science, it is the story of travel through space and time to battle a cosmic evil. With their neighbor Calvin O’Keefe, young Meg Murry and her brother Charles Wallace embark on a cosmic journey to find their lost father, a scientist studying time travel. Assisted by three eccentric women—Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which—the children travel through the use of the Tesseract - the process of wrinkling space and time. Going to the planet Camazotz, they encounter a repressed society controlled by an entity called IT, a disembodied brain that represents evil. Among the themes of the work are: the dangers of unthinking conformity, scientific irresponsibility and the saving power of love.