It took 26 publisher rejections before Madeleine L'Engle could get “A Wrinkle in Time” into print in 1962. The book was an instant hit, winning the Newbery Medal the following year, but despite its wild success, L'Engle still had fierce critics. Perhaps most critical were some conservative Christians who …
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