A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

1978•Science fiction•278 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionfantasyadventureteenfastfresh & originalimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, wide-ranging science-fiction novel: inventive and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionFantasyAdventureTeenRescue/escape/jeopardyAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Science fictionJuvenile fictionSpace and time in literatureSpace and timeGood and evilBrothers and sistersUnicornsNuclear warfare

Details

Author
Madeleine L'Engle
Published
1978
Pages
278
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