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A Wrinkle in Time
"A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart." —Meg Cabot
Late one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murry, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murry is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murry but the safety of the whole universe.
A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet.
Why it's similar
Both books feature sibling protagonists traveling beyond their everyday world to confront a pervasive cosmic evil, framed by explicit themes of sacrificial love and Christian theological allegory. Each narrative emphasizes innocence and faith as the ultimate weapons against spiritual darkness.
What's different
L'Engle frames her fantasy through elements of science fiction, such as tesseracts and quantum physics, rather than traditional fairy-tale tropes and talking woodland creatures.