Cover of A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)
Time Travel

A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)

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  • 1978 first published
  • 278 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (25 ratings)
  • 24 editions
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Published in 1978, A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3) is a time-travel fiction novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Key subjects include space and time, good and evil, brothers and sisters and murry family.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 25 ratings, and 85 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 24 editions.

At about 278 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)

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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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Science fiction
  • Space and time in literature
  • Space and time
  • Good and evil
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Murry family
  • Unicorns
  • Nuclear warfare
  • Murrry family
  • Time travel
  • Gifted teenagers
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Outer space

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Who wrote A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)?

A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3) was written by Madeleine L'Engle and first published in 1978.

What genre is A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)?

The median edition has 278 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3)?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Dark Is Rising, Vacation Under the Volcano and The Doll in the Garden.

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