When a stranger appeared at Meg Murry’s door on a dark and stormy night, her entire life changed. In turn, Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 classic A WRINKLE IN TIME changed thousands of readers' of lives, as well.

Praised for its fantastical plot, rife with tesseracts and the lovable Mrs. W's, its realistic characters and its delicate balance of whimsy and heart, A WRINKLE OF TIME is not free from criticism. It comes in at #90 on the American Library Association’s 2000-2009 list of Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books and has been cited for everything from offensive language to “Satanic undertones.”

Below, YA author Leila Sales (THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, TONIGHT THE STREETS ARE OURS) and Teen Board member Alison S. challenge the challengers, explaining why they love A WRINKLE IN TIME and would recommend it to readers everywhere.

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