Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.

After fracturing their timeline, the Legends become scattered and must travel to the past and future to reunite and fix the time stream.

John Langer, a crusty old civil engineer, has an arsenal full of memories. Danny Himes is a gifted, spirited athlete with something to prove. Old man Langer and Danny seem an unlikely pair. Their relationship turns from student/mentor to comrades on a quest to free themselves from life's inequities. Danny's father, Earl, who did not serve in World War II, is considered a coward. Danny excels to overcome his father's reputation, but Earl is actually...

World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James ride home to Missouri to be on their ranch with their mother. As a railroad moves through buying up as much land as possible, burning folks out if need be, the James-Younger gang of outlaws become determined to use any means to protect their land and the land of their townsfolk and friends.

A young girl's journal filled with observations about friends and family is found and causes an uproar.