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

The third book in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time Quintet. Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy series that has delighted children for over 60 years!

* “An intricately woven fantasy.” —Booklist, starred review

When Charles Wallace Murry shouts out in desperation an ancient rune meant to ward off the dark, a radiant creature appears. It is Gaudior, unicorn and time traveler. Charles Wallace and Gaudior must travel into the past on the winds of time to try to find a Might-Have-Been—a moment in the past when the entire course of events leading to the present can be changed, and the future of Earth—this small, swiftly tilting planet—saved.

A Wrinkle in Time Quintet
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Many Waters
An Acceptable Time

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