A Swiftly Tilting Planet
 

A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Yearling Books)

by Madeleine L'Engle

Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he must accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war--unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change one of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this extraordinary young man... (read more)

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JD
  • Rated 5 stars

Time travel, terrorism, unicorns? Believe it or not, they all come together in what might just be my favorite book of all time. This book is a potent twist on the butterfly effect theory, that small(or in some cases not so small) acts can echo through time and change the world.

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Joseph the Bald
  • Rated 1 stars

I tired of this one in about three chapters, and soldiered on out of respect for Ms. L'Engle. But I'm afraid the only thing worth reading is the poem that holds the piece together. Bummer.

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