Children's Fiction

A Wind in the Door

by Madeleine L'Engle · Time Quintet series

Meg Murry and Charles Wallace confront a threat to the fabric of existence itself, traveling inside a mitochondrion to save a sick boy and, by extension, the universe. L'Engle's second Time Quintet novel braids cellular biology, cosmic stakes, and family loyalty into a story where love is quite literally a structural force.

Time Quintet in reading order

• 1. A Wrinkle in Time — Madeleine L'Engle
• 2. A Wind in the Door — Madeleine L'Engle
• 3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet — Madeleine L'Engle
• 4. Many Waters — Madeleine L'Engle
• 5. An Acceptable Time — Madeleine L'Engle

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