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In ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'', Charles Wallace Murray, an advanced and perceptive child in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'', and ''[[A Wind in the Door]]'', has grown into an adolescent
The Murray family has gathered for Thanksgiving dinner, and they are joined by an unusual guest – Meg’s mother-in-law, Mrs. O’Keefe. Meg, an adult in novel, has married Calvin and is expecting their first child. When they receive the news of impending nuclear war, Mrs. O’Keefe lays a charge on Charles Wallace – to prevent the disaster. She teaches him a Rune of protection that has been passed down to her from her grandmother.
Charles Wallace goes for a walk that night and meets Gaudior, a flying [[unicorn]] who appears at the Star Watching rock, a family haunt. With the unicorn as his guide, Charles Wallace goes within the lives of others who have lived in the area at different points in history – an Indian boy named Harcels, [[Prince Madoc of Wales]], a [[Welsh]] settler – Brandon Llawcae, the writer Matthew Maddox, and Chuck Maddox – who turns out to be the brother of Mrs. O’Keefe. In each time period, Charles Wallace must identify the “might-have-been” moment, and change the event to prevent evil from winning out. Meg connects with him from home through “kything,” a wordless communication learned in
Like in L’Engle’s other works, family and spirituality are key.
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