Madeleine L'Engle
Cathedral Library
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10025

Dear Mrs. L�Engle,

In some strange way I feel as though I know you. As a child, my elementary librarian, Mrs. Allen urged us all to read your masterpiece, A Wrinkle in Time. She must have had some incredible sales pitch because there was soon a waiting list to check out the library's only copy . . . I never had the opportunity to read it then as a child. The next school year I was eager to check it out, but Mrs. Allen was gone and so was A Wrinkle in Time. Now as an adult I wonder if perhaps the new librarian, I don�t remember her name, thought it an inappropriate title, which makes me very sad. Anyway, two years ago, as a twenty-seven year old I rediscovered your book, by chance, at my neighborhood bookstore and just knew I had to read it! I think I devoured it in one sitting. I remember thinking then what I missed out on as a child by not reading it. I�m now a gifted resource teacher in Albuquerque, NM and am sharing your book with my fourth and fifth grade students for the very fist time. They love your words, and I think secretly they like that A wrinkle in Time is about some very bright children, not unlike themselves.
I really just wanted to take this time to thank you for putting so much good out into this world.

I hope this letter finds you well,

Madrigle
Albuquerque NM

P.S. We weren�t even halfway through the first chapter when Michael interrupted to ask if we were going to read your other books this year!