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Summary: better than the first....
Review: out of the 4 l'engle books in the time series, this one i have to say is the best. this story paints the pictures of the scenes in your mind. i was disappointed with "a wind in the door" and feared i would be with this one, but i wasn't. this book has sparked my intrest in reading again. if i could buy this book for everyone to read, i would....
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Summary: Not just child's play
Review: While written with the younger set in mind, this book has alot more depth than one might be inclined to believe. The chosen one to stop the impending nuclear war, Charles Wallace, assisted by the unicorn Gaudior, must go within a variety of people, connected by blood, in an assortment of time periods to help influence how they would affect the course that the threads of time will take in the bleak future-to-come. Well written with a very adult slant, it reaches far beyond it's intended audience, which may be confused by the time hopping, 'going within', and domino effects of tweaking with the past. Elegantly written with some beautiful scenery (you WILL remember the unicorns' birthing grounds), this is a pleasant quick read for any age group.
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Summary: A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Review: Charles Wallace had to travel back in time to change the might-have-been because someone was killing them. A horse named Gaudior helps him go back in time. After he had gone into the people's body who got killed, the person who wanted to kill them all sounded like Madog. Madog was the person he was looking for and he found him.
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Summary: A Bit Disapointed
Review: After A Wrinkle in Time I was a bit disapointed with this book. What ever happened to the Meg who went on adventures. Now all she is is a pregnant housewife while her husbant goes on to get a higher education. Shouldn't it be Meg getting that education? Besides that Charles Wallace is doing one thing or another to stop this dictator from taking over the world. It is all very hard to follow and there are so many characters it's hard to follow. I'm not saying it was a bad book, just not the kind that I was hoping it would be
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Summary: Taking a stand against the "powers of darkness"
Review: A lot of the reviews begin with the reviewers' stories of when they first read the book. Like them, I discovered "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" when I was very young, and I still love it. It is the kind of book you can read again and again as you grow up. Each new time it is read it can reveal new layers of meaning. When I first read it, I thought it was just an adventure story with a unicorn (a really great adventure story, of course). Then I began to see how it took a stand for love and against apathy. In the plot, Charles Wallace has to fight the Echthroi (evil forces). Writing this story was Madeleine L'Engle's own way of fighting the Echthroi, which really exist. Through her story, she warns us about not letting the "Might-Have-Been's" haunt us; she asks us to take a stand "in this fateful hour" against the "powers of darkness." If this is too mystical for some of you to stomach, then you probably have not entered this author's world, which, like the Christian world, is teeming with angels and demons. In this world, everyone must choose sides. This is a book that children should have on their bookshelves. It may be a little to heavy for them at first, but as they get older, the layers of meaning will begin to become apparent to them. I have given all my younger cousins copies of Madeleine L'Engle books for their libraries. That is one way I know of teaching them how to care about the past-present-future of the Universe.
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Summary: Wonderful and Captivating
Review: This, even with age, still stands as one of my favorite novels of all time.
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Summary: This is Awesome!
Review: I am known to be quite a reader where I live. I have read at least 900 books through the course of my lifetime.I must say, this book is in the top 5. I don't know what you think, but I think that is alot, considering I just turned tweleve. Anyway,I love this book! It shows alot of different emotions, such as predjidust, love, sadness, and hatred. Charles wallace Murry goes into other peoples bodies, in attempt to stop wacko Mad-Dog Branzillo in the distruction of the world. Meg, Charles Walklace's sister, is married to Calvin O'Keffe. She goes with Charles Wallace by kything.Well, I'm not saying anything else.
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Summary: Wonderful and Compelling Story
Review: This is a wonderful book as Charles Wallace Murry attempts to solve the mystery of an ancient Welsh rune in time to save the world - and perhaps the entire universe. As he travels in time, the links gradually come together between Madoc and Zyll, the Maddoxes, and Mad Dog Branzillo, but will he be able to stop a nuclear war? I read A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door for the first time a couple of weeks ago, after hearing all my life that they were the most wonderful books out there (I am 23 now). I enjoyed them, but also found them a bit simplistic, understandable since L'Engle mainly writes for children. However, I haven't been able to put down A Swiftly, Tilting Planet. The story is so wonderful and the suspense keeps you turning the pages as you try to put the mystery together. I wonder why no one really mentions this book, because in my opinion, it is the best of the Time Quartet.
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Summary: An All-Time Favorite
Review: I first read A Wrinkle in Time when I was in fourth grade, and it was one of my favorites. I then read A Wind in the Door and thought it was amazing, but without the same charm and magnificence of A Wirnkle in Time. A Swiftly Tilting Planet is amazing again, with the same type of magic as in A Wrinkle in Time. Meg is pregnant and married to Calvin in this book. Charles Wallace is 15 and has been given a task by old Mrs. O'Keefe. He must save the world from the mad dictator Mad Dog Branzillo by fixing the Might-Have-Beens back in time. From then on he goes within different people from different time periods with the beautiful unicorn, Guadior. This book will satisfy your mind, I guarentee it!
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Summary: Best of the Trilogy
Review: Like many of the other readers, I first read this book when I was in junior high. At the time, I was very concerned about the possibility of nuclear war (it was around the beginning of Reagan's second term, and The Day After was just being shown on TV). I found this book to be quite heartening, with its premise of avoiding holocaust by nudging history in different directions. Basically, this book seemed to affirm the basic goodness of human nature. To this day, the rune still brings delightful shivers up my spine.
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