A Swiftly Tilting Planet Author:Madeleine L'Engle "Charles Wallace's knuckles whitened as he clutched the heavy mane. The unicorn began to run, skimming over the tops of the grasses, up, over the hills, flinging himself onto the wind and riding with it, up, up, over the stars..." — In A Swiftly Tilting Planet, the third book in Madeleine L'Engle's series about the Murry family, fifteen-year-old ... more »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. So does Mrs. O'Keefe, Meg's surly and unkempt mother-in-lawm who provides Charles Wallace with a cryptic rune and who seems to have a fateful link to Branzillo. Before he can solve the mystery of this link, Charles Wallace must face the ultimate test of his faith and will as he is sent within four people from another time, there to search for a way to avert the tragedy threatening them all.« less
Read "A Wrinkle in Time" and "A Wind in the Door" before you read this one, otherwise it won't make as much sense. That being said, this is by far my favorite Madeleine L'Engle books!