A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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278 pages · Released 1981 · Dell
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This third book in L'Engle's Time trilogy is a thoughtful science-fiction adventure featuring time travel, magical realism, and moral stakes involving nuclear war. While the threat of global destruction looms large, the narrative emphasizes spiritual and emotional growth over graphic conflict. The story celebrates compassion, courage, and faith as tools for change, making it appropriate for mature middle-grade readers who enjoy complex sci-fi themes.
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The Murry and OKeefe families enlist the help of the unicorn, Gaudior, to save the world from imminent nuclear war. 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 despe... The Murry and OKeefe families enlist the help of the unicorn, Gaudior, to save the world from imminent nuclear war. 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. - Publisher.
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- Science fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Space and time in literature
- Space and time
- Good and evil
- Brothers and sisters
- Murry family (Fictitious characters)
- Unicorns
- Nuclear warfare
- Murrry family (Fictitious characters)
- Fiction
- Time travel
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ISBN 9780440401582 · Dell