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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet)

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Book four in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time Quintet. The Murry and O’Keefe Families enlist the assistance of the unicorn, Gaudior, to save the world from imminent nuclear war.

“An intricately woven fantasy.” ―Booklist, starred review

In A Hastily Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle, a companion to the Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time 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 aren’t alone in their quest. Charles Wallace’s sister, Meg–grown and expecting her first child, but still able to go into her brother’s thoughts and emotions by “kything”–goes with him in spirit.

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

Praise for A Hastily Tilting Planet:

“Charles Wallace (A Wrinkle in Time), now 15, Meg, and the Murrys reappear in an intricately woven fantasy in which the boy time-spins through a tangle of history to find and mend the broken link that threatens to disturb the harmony of today.” ―Booklist, starred review

Books by Madeleine L’Engle

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

A Wrinkle in Time: The GraphicNovel by Madeleine L’Engle; adapted & illustrated by HopeLarson: A graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s ground-breakingscience fiction and fantasy classic.

Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L’Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: Astandalone story set on the earth of A Wrinkle in Time!

The Austin Family Chronicles
Meet the Austins (Volume 1)
The Moon by Night (Volume 2)
The Young Unicorns (Volume 3)
A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book!
Troubling a Star (Volume 5)

The Polly O’Keefe books
The Arm of the Starfish
Dragons in the Waters
A House Like a Lotus

And Both Were Young

Camilla

The Joys of Love

Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he will have to accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war–unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change some of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this bizarre young man psychically enters four different people from other eras. As he perceives through their eyes “what might have been,” he begins to comprehend the cosmic significance and consequences of every living creature’s actions. As he witnesses first-hand the transformation of civilization from peaceful to warring times, his very existence is threatened, but the alternative is far worse.

The Murry family, also appearing in A Wind in the Door and Many Waters, acts as a carrier of Madeleine L’Engle’s unique message about human responsibility for the world. Themes of good versus evil, time and space go back and forth, and the invincibility of the human spirit predominate. Even whilst she entertains, L’Engle kindles the intellect, inspiring young people to ask questions of the world, and learn by challenging. (Ages 9 and older) –Emilie Coulter

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