A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet #2
by Madeleine L'Engle
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 800L · 256 pages · 2007
Why we'd hand it over
A legitimately strange and demanding follow-up that trusts kids with ideas about consciousness, choice, and cosmic scale—but the heart is Meg learning to value herself and act anyway.