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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Yearling Books) (平装)
by Madeleine L'Engle
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Science fiction, Award-winning books, Ages 9-12, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 88.00
MSL price:
¥ 78.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
L'Engle's another great science fiction which combines the threats of nuclear war in today's society with the more complicated science of time travel delivering a message of a balance between things. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I recently read a book called A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle. I would rate this book a 10. This book is about a boy named Charles Wallace Murry. His sister, Meg, is married and pregnant. Meg's mother-in-law seems crazy because she keeps calling Charles "Chuck". She also says it's up to him to stop a nuclear war. The man who wants to start the war is called Mad Dog Banzillo. She gives him this weird poem to memorize. After dinner Charles goes outside and says, "in this fateful hour, I hall upon all heaven with its power!" And in no time a unicorn with wings comes and says, "You called?" And so the adventure begins. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure books. Madeleine L'Engle did a wonderful job on this book. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I enjoyed this book because the author, Madeleine L'Engle, has made an intricate plot, set up to leave her readers flabbergasted. The story's events are extremely imaginative and creative. For instance, when Charles Wallace recited the rune that he received from Mrs. O'Keefe at the star-watching rock, the response was Gaudior, a unicorn that was to help him on his mission to save the world from Madog Branzillo's evil. Also, the use of the names in the book and their connections is quite clever. This book is a must-have on every book list, regardless of age (young adult and up). |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
There has certainly never been another book of this type. When the threat of a life-ending World War III arrives on Thanksgiving Day, Charles Wallace (with the help of his sister, Meg) and Gaudior, the unicorn, must save the world by traveling back in time. It may sound far-fetched, even corny, but the Madeline L'Engle presents it, it is nothing but wonderful. Though the world 'joy' appears a little too much, the story is a thrilling, interconnected fairy tale/science fiction story with a slightly religious aspect that takes you into the lives of an early American Indian, a sickly young writer, a teenage colonist and more, but never looses the main plot. |
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