A Swiftly Tilting Planet

L'Engle, Madeleine

ISBN 10: 0374373620 / ISBN 13: 9780374373627

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978

About this Item

Stated first printing. Inscribed by Madeleine L'Engle to previous owners at FFEP. Black cloth with silver spine titling, very good with light spotting to back. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light toning and edgewear, including a few small closed tears from top edge of rear panel and a tiny chip from top edge of front. Textblock edges foxed. Interior clean and bright, text unmarked.

Seller Inventory # BBS-2018460

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Swiftly Tilting Planet
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374373620
• ISBN 13: 9780374373627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's - Chapter Books and YA

About this title

Synopsis

In A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle, a companion to the Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time 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. 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.

About the Author

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was the Newbery Medal-winning author of more than 60 books, including the much-loved A Wrinkle in Time. Born in 1918, L'Engle grew up in New York City, Switzerland, South Carolina and Massachusetts. Her father was a reporter and her mother had studied to be a pianist, and their house was always full of musicians and theater people. L'Engle graduated cum laude from Smith College, then returned to New York to work in the theater. While touring with a play, she wrote her first book, The Small Rain, originally published in 1945. She met her future husband, Hugh Franklin, when they both appeared in The Cherry Orchard. Upon becoming Mrs. Franklin, L'Engle gave up the stage in favor of the typewriter. In the years her three children were growing up, she wrote four more novels. Hugh Franklin temporarily retired from the theater, and the family moved to western Connecticut and for ten years ran a general store. Her book Meet the Austins, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book of 1960, was based on this experience. Her science fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time was awarded the 1963 Newbery Medal. Two companion novels, A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet (a Newbery Honor book), complete what has come to be known as The Time Trilogy, a series that continues to grow in popularity with a new generation of readers. Her 1980 book A Ring of Endless Light won the Newbery Honor. L'Engle passed away in 2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut.