A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 1978

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

By Madeleine L'Engle

Part of the Time Quintet series

A time-travel quest to stop a dictator and save the world from destruction.

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312 pages
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Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace, with the unicorn Gaudior, embarks on a time-traveling mission to thwart a dictator's apocalyptic plans. Joined in spirit by his sister Meg, Charles must navigate history and inhabit others to find the key to peace. Can he alter the past to save the future, or will his faith and will be tested beyond their limits?

From the publisher

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”

At a glance
Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
312
Reading age
10–14
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
850L
Themes & topics
Books about siblingsBooks about unicornsBooks about space and timeBooks about time travelBooks about good and evil
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.2
F&P level
~T
AR points
10
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
6398
Publication
Published
May 1, 2007
First published
July 1, 1978
Publisher
Square Fish
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780312368562

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