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'''Description of Artwork:''' ''A Wrinkle in Time'' is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. The story revolves around a young girl whose father, a government scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract. | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''A Wrinkle in Time'' is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. The story revolves around a young girl whose father, a government scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract. | ||
'''The Incident:''' | '''The Incident:''' A multitude of parent and Christian groups accused the book of seeking to indoctrinate children with black magic. One particular group, Citizens for Excellence in Education in Waterloo, Iowa, slammed L'Engle for "fostering occult practices, employing satanic suggestions, sadism, and—worst of all—by associating Jesus Christ with other great personages, implying that Christ was not divine." | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' | '''Results of Incident:''' The book was not successfully banned in a widespread manner. In fact, the novel went on to win the Newberry Award and has been defended by dedicated readers. | ||
'''Source:''' American Library Association | '''Source:''' American Library Association; [http://www.enotes.com/wrinkle-time-salem/wrinkle-time Enotes article] | ||