Everything is wrong in Meg Murray’s life. In school, she’s been dropped down   to the lowest section of her grade. She’s teased about her five-year-old brother,   Charles Wallace, who everyone mistakenly thinks is dumb. Not to mention that   Meg wears braces and glasses and has mouse-brown hair. Before long, the trio discovers that Meg’s   and Charles Wallace’s father is being held prisoner by evil forces on the planet   of Camelot, an eerie place where complete conformity is expected in exchange   for personal freedom. There they engage in the fight of their lives against   a giant disembodied brain named “It.” And soon, Charles Wallace must   be rescued, too.