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I vaguely remember reading this book for the first time - feeling like I had just discovered something really, really good. I was probably 12 or 13. I never did get much into hardcore sci-fi, but I loved this series.

Many years later, I picked this up more for nostalgia's sake than because I felt really compelled to read it again. This time around, I did enjoy it, but it wasn't the sort of experience I get when I pick up The Westing Game or James and the Giant Peach and say to myself, "Oh, boy, this is my favorite part!"

In case you haven't read it, this is about Meg Murry, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and a new friend named Calvin who set off to discover what happened when Meg's father disappeared. He was working on a top secret science project for the government, but that was years ago. Then Meg discovers the truth is even weirder than she could have expected, and that they must go and bring her father back.

Like I said, I enjoyed it this time, but it didn't have the same magic for me as it did the first time around. I did like that there was a character chart in the front of this edition, laying out how all the characters in her books are related (or not) and which books they appear in. I may go ahead and read the rest of the series, or I may not, and I admit that 4 stars is more than generous, based mostly on my younger reaction to the book.