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A swiftly tilting planet / Madeleine L'Engle.

L'Engle, Madeleine, (author.).

Summary:

In this volume, 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374373620
  • ISBN: 9780374373627
  • ISBN: 9780440401582
  • ISBN: 0440401585
  • ISBN: 9780312368562
  • ISBN: 0312368569
  • ISBN: 0440901588
  • ISBN: 9780440901587
  • ISBN: 9781439518175
  • ISBN: 1439518173
  • ISBN: 9780312368609
  • ISBN: 0312368607
  • ISBN: 1413149057
  • ISBN: 9781413149050
  • Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
In this fateful hour -- All heaven with its power -- The sun with its brightness -- The snow with its whiteness -- The fire with all the strength it hath -- The lightning with its rapid wrath -- The winds with their swiftness -- The sea with its deepness -- The rocks with their steepness -- The earth with its starkness -- All these I place -- Between myself and the powers of darkness.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Interest age level : Ages 11 and up.
Young Adult.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 10 10 6398
Reading Counts! 6.4.
Subject: Murry family (Fictitious characters) > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Time travel > Juvenile fiction.
Nuclear warfare > Juvenile fiction.
Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Good and evil > Juvenile fiction.
Gifted teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Unicorns > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT LENG (Text) 50686011262412 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library YOUNG ADULT LENG (Text) 50686011262396 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Lackawanna County Children's Library JUV L'ENG (Text) 50686011082331 Main Floor Available -
Lackawanna County Children's Library JUV SCI/FI LENGLE (Text) 50686015322642 Juv Fiction Available -
North Pocono Public Library JUV SCI/FI LENGLE (Text) 50691010883887 Juv Fiction Available -
Taylor Community Library JUV LENGLE (Text) 50692010028267 Juv Fiction Available -
Valley Community Library JUV LENG (Text) 50690010332945 Juv Fiction Available -

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