A Swiftly Tilting PlanetIn A Swiftly 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 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. Charles Wallace must 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. |
Contents
1 In this fateful hour | 1 |
2 All Heaven with its power | 30 |
3 The sun with its brightness | 51 |
4 The snow with its whiteness | 72 |
5 The fire with all the strength it hath | 93 |
6 The lightning with its rapid wrath | 115 |
7 The winds with their swiftness | 161 |
8 The sea with its deepness | 172 |
9 The rocks with their steepness | 203 |
10 The earth with its starkness | 229 |
11 All these I place | 247 |
12 Between myself and the powers of darkness | 293 |
Questions for the Author | 305 |
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Ananda anorak baby Beezie blue eyes Bran Bran's Brandon Branwen breath brother called Calvin Charles Wallace asked Charles Wallace looked Chuck cold dark Davey Dennys dream Duthbert Mortmain Echthroi El Zarco fateful hour father feel felt fire galaxy Gaudior Gedder Goodman Higgins Goody Adams Goody Llawcae Grandma grandmother Gwen Gwydyr Gwynedd hair hand happened Harcels head heard Indian Jack O'Keefe kythe lake light Lords Mad Dog Branzillo Madoc mane Matthew Maddox Meg's Merioneth mother moved Murry never night O'Keefe O'Keefe's old woman pain Papa Pastor Mortmain Patagonia rain remember Reschal Ritchie rune Sandy says scry shook silver sing sleep smell smiled snow softly star-watching rock stars stopped Swiftly Tilting Planet tell tesseract there's thought trees turned twins unicorn Vespugia voice Wales Wallace's warm Welsh wind wings Zillah Zillie Zillo Zylle