A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine LEngle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine LEngle
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrator: Jennifer Ehle

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2012

Synopsis

In this companion volume to A Wrinkle In  Time (Newbery Award winner) and  A Wind In The Door fifteen-year-old  Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a  perilous journey through time in a desperate  attempt to stop the destruction of the world by the  mad dictator Madog Branzillo. They are not alone in  their quest. Charles Wallace's sister, Meg--grown  and expecting her first child, but still able to  enter her brother's thoughts and emotions by  "kything"--goes with him in  spirit.

But in overcoming the challenges, Charles  Wallace must face the ultimate test of his faith and  will, as he is sent within four people from  another time, there to search for a way to avert the  tragedy threatening them all.

"L'Engle's  gifts are at their most impressive here." --  Publisher's Weekly

About The Author

Madeleine L'Engle is the author of more than forty-five books for all ages, among them the beloved A Wrinkle in Time awarded the Newbery Medal; A Ring of Endless Light, a Newbery Honor Book; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, winner of the American Book Award; and the Austin family series of which Troubling a Star is the fifth book. L'Engle was named the 1998 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards award, honoring her lifetime contribution in writing for teens.,

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on December 19, 2023

Quantum Leap! The world is on the edge of nuclear war. Some pissant little country nobody has ever heard of has a dictator with his finger on the button. And for some reason, the President of the United States calls Mr. Murray to "warn" him of this imminent disaster. <--roll with it, stranger things h......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 15, 2007

Though L'Engle's storytelling improves after the dull previous outing of "A Wind in the Door", "Swiftly" fails in other more serious ways. The biggest problem is her somewhat silly reliance on hereditary family names from generation to generation--names that endure for hundreds of years and somehow c......more

Goodreads review by Trish on March 31, 2018

This is the third book in the Time Quintet series that started out with Meg, her brother Charles Wallace and their friend Calvin. The third book starts with a massive time jump that almost disoriented me: the events here start 10 years after those of the last volume with Meg being married to Calvin a......more

Awards

  • Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
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