A Swiftly Tilting Planet (The Time Quartet) (edition 1979)

by Madeleine L'Engle (Author)

Series: The Time Quintet (4)

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The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.

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Title:	A Swiftly Tilting Planet (The Time Quartet)
Authors:	Madeleine L'Engle (Author)
Info:	Laurel Leaf (1979), 272 pages
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This was TOTALLY one of my favorite books from back in the day. Loved seeing some of the familiar characters from her other books, and loved her use of different timelines. She will always remain one of my favorite fantasy authors. (

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KatKinney | Mar 3, 2022 |

Meg is a grown up now and married. Her brother Charles is still a very special person. He needs to save the world by using his special telepathic talent. He has to connect with different characters from different places of the world, traveling in time.
This is a great collection, but again has a strong Christian point of view. (

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Waleni | Oct 10, 2021 |

Meg Murray back once again draws us into her wonderful trilogy. Fascinating sci-fi concepts with great characters to carry on the great story line. (

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KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |

Well... that was pretty bad, honestly.

misslevel | Sep 22, 2021 |

More of the same, with maybe a few less silly questions. The difference from the first 2 is that this one is more history lesson (the Welsh in the New World--in New England witch trials and moving to Patagonia. Here we're warned about presuming the worst of other people…now it's Charles Wallace's turn to save the world.
The publishers here decided to switch the order of the books, making this one 3, instead of 4. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
L'Engle, Madeleine	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Dillon, Diane	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Dillon, Leo	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ehle, Jennifer	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Lee, Jody A.	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Morrill, Rowena	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Nielsen, Cliff	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sis, Peter	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
van der Linden, Vincent	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

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The Time Quintet (4)

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A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle

The Wrinkle in Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle: The Kairos Novels: The Wrinkle in Time and Polly O'Keefe Quartets by Madeleine L'Engle (indirect)

A Swiftly Tilting Planet / A Wind In the Door by Madeline L'Engle

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time / A Wind in the Door / Dragons in the Waters / A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

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Many Waters, a Swiftly Tilting Planet, and a Wind in the Door Set of 3 by Madeline L'Engle

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Canonical title

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

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Original publication date

1978-07-15

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Important places

The Star-Watching Rock

Vespugia, South America

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Awards and honors

National Book Award (Children's Books | Paperback)

Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Best Children's Book (1964-1978)

Utah Beehive Book Award Nominee (1981.1 | Children's, 1981)

Margaret A. Edwards Award (1998)

Epigraph

Dedication

for Hal Vursell

First words

The big kitchen of the Murrys' house was bright and warm, curtains drawn against the dark outside, against the rain driving past the house from the northeast.

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Disambiguation notice

The ISBN 0807277568 is only for A Swiftly Tilting Planet.

Publisher's editors

Jordan, Sandra

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Original language

English

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