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Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughters share their memories about their legendary grandmother and talk about some of her writing practices.
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We continue our series of episodes about books that have been banned or challenged around the country. This time, it’s the Newbery Award winning novel by Madeleine L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time.
According to the Carnegie Mellon Banned Books Project, the book was challenged in 1985 by parents in Florida who said the book “opposes Christian beliefs and teaches occult practices. The school principal did not remove the book from 4th grade curriculum.
In 1990, a parent in Alabama asked to have the book removed because it “sends a mixed signal to children about good and evil.” The school board and superintendent voted unanimously to deny the request.
Six years later, the book was challenged in North Carolina for undermining religious beliefs.The school board denied the request.
Madeline L’Engle herself told the New York Times in 2001 that “it seems people are willing to damn the book without reading it.”
We read it with a group of young readers and this is what they have to say about A Wrinkle in Time.
This week, we tackle a classic – the 1963 winner of the Newbery Award “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. Our readers are 5th graders from the British International School in Washington, DC. Our celebrity reader is public radio journalist Stephanie O’Neill. Madeline L’Engle passed away in 2007, but we're joined by her granddaughters Charlotte Jones Volklis and Lena Roy.  They've written a biography of their grandmother based on her journals called “Becoming Madeleine.” Kitty Felde is host. 
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: Panda-monium - Stuart Gibbs
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
The Tiger Rising - Kate DiCamillo
Space Case - Stuart Gibbs
FAVORITE BOOKS FROM CHARLOTTE JONES VOIKLIS AND LENA ROY A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
STEPHANIE O’NEILL’S FAVORITE BOOK: Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White

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Here's the favorite books on this episode:
Wings of Fire - Tui Sutherland
Never Let me Go - Kazuo Isiguro
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
Keeper of the Lost Cities - Shannon Messenger
The Cricket in Times Square - George Selden
Dino-Mike - Franco Aureliani
The Little Book of the Avengers - Roy Thomas
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You may know John Cho from his acting work in "Star Trek" and "Harold and Kumar" movies. But listen to this thoughtful conversation Cho and host Kitty Felde about his work as a writer - including convincing his Korean immigrant parents that his work was his work as an artist was making the world a better place.

On April 29th, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, a town just north of Los Angeles, did not convict four LAPD officers for the beating of an African American motorist named Rodney King. Within hours, rioting broke out across the city. A particular target was liquor and convenience stores owned by Korean immigrants. The event is at the heart of actor and writer John Cho’s novel Troublemaker.
 Cho joins us to talk about his inspiration for the book and LAPD Officer Tony Hyong Im is our celebrity reader. Readers from Tyler Elementary School in Washington D.C. discuss their own solutions to finding solutions to a community’s anger. Kitty Felde is host.
Favorite Books from Tyler Elementary School:
My Year in the Middle - Lila Quintero Weaver
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
City Spies - James Ponti
Godzilla - Shigeru Kayama
JOHN CHO’S FAVORITE BOOK
The Joke - Milan Kundera
OFFICER TONY IM’S FAVORITE BOOK
The Mickey Mantle Murder - Walt Brown