![]() ![]() But what I ultimately saw in the pages was a reflection of my core values, of my views about the balance between emotion and reason. ![]() ![]() Rereading A Wind in the Door as an adult transported me, and I laughed or swooned at the same moments I had as a kid. As an adolescent reader, I identified wholly with the eldest and youngest children of the Murry family and their struggles. Also like Meg, the battle that most shaped my childhood was that of surviving public school society. For December, Marika McCoola (Baba Yaga's Assistant ) revisits A Wind in the Door : Growing up, I felt I was Meg: I was awkward with braces-and-glasses, would do anything to protect my little brother and suffered under a principal who disliked smart kids. In the months leading up to the release of the A Wrinkle in Time movie, we're asking authors of middle grade and young adult to revisit a title in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet. ![]()
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