A Swiftly Tilting Planet tells the story of a desperate attempt to avert a nuclear war by journeying to the past. Charles Wallace Murry, a 15-year-old boy, joins forces with a unicorn. Watched over by his sister Meg who can communicate with him over distances through a process called kything, Charles Wallace and the unicorn discover how the past and present are interconnected and are able to change the past in order to save the future.
Madeleine L'Engle's writings reflect her passionate concern with major aspects of life: a happy family life, the right and responsibility of the individual to make choices, the art of writing, death, ...
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American fiction writer Madeleine L'Engle (born 1918) is the accomplished author of numerous plays, poems, novels, and autobiographies for children and adults. She is perhaps best known for her childr...
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Madeleine L'Engle is a writer who resists easy classification. She has successfully published plays, poems, essays, autobiographies, and novels for both children and adults. She is probably best known...
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"I was born in New York City on the snowy night of November 29, 1918, shortly after the first World War, and think it's the nicest place in the world to be born in. I grew up on East 82nd Street."My f...
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