Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry and the unicorn Gaudior must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe. Includes an interview with the author.

This book, autobiographical in nature, is the attempt of a gifted woman to define and explore the meaning of her complex life, and eventually to ask the ultimate questions of life

"As if simply being fourteen-years-old weren't bad enough -- what with the usual teenage angst and uncertainty, Vicky Austin's always comforting and reliable home life is changing completely. Her brother John is going off to college in the fall. Maggy, an orphan taken in by the Austins two years ago, has gone to live with her legal guardian. And the rest of Vicky's family is moving from their quiet house in the country to the heart of New York City....