Wind in the Door

Title: Wind in the Door Author: Madeleine L'Engle ISBN: 9780374384432 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Published: 1973 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Z 1627222 Publisher Description: A "Wind In The Door" is a fantastic adventure story involving Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe, the chief characters of "A Wrinkle In Time." The seed from which the story grows is the rather ordinary situation of Charles Wallace's having difficulty in adapting to school. He is extremely bright, so much so that he gets punched around a lot for being "different." He is also strangely, seriously ill (mitochondritis -- the destruction of farandolae, minute creature of the mitochondria in the blood). Determined to help Charles Wallace in school, Meg pays a visit to his principal, Mr. Jenkins, a dry, cold man with whom Meg herself has had unfortunat