Book review of a wrinkle in time

My friend told me this was one of her favorite books when she was a child. I wasn't a big reader as a kid, and am playing catch-up. I was surprised this was a kid's book! It has some heady thoughts on God, free choice, and love.I would think the subject matter would be over some kid's heads. Then I read a quote from Madeline L'Engle: "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." Touché! It was a page-turner and I finished it in a day. The darkness is scary. My son (10) said he didn't want to see the movie thinking it would be too dark for him (perceptive kid). I plan to read this book with him if he allows it because the characters are so well-written.

My friend told me this was one of her favorite books when she was a child. I wasn't a big reader as a kid, and am playing catch-up. I was surprised this was a kid's book! It has some heady thoughts on God, free choice, and love.I would think the subject matter would be over some kid's heads. Then I read a quote from Madeline L'Engle: "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." Touché! It was a page-turner and I finished it in a day. The darkness is scary. My son (10) said he didn't want to see the movie thinking it would be too dark for him (perceptive kid). I plan to read this book with him if he allows it because the characters are so well-written.

Explanation:

at hatfield elementary school, there are 504 students in 7 classes. each class has the same number of students. what is a good estimate of the number of students in each class?

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.