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Wicked : the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West : a novel / Gregory Maguire.
"In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin - no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals - those creatures with voices, souls, and minds - are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals - even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas." -- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063398344 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0063398346 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780060987107 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0060987103 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780060391447 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0060391448 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780062852847 (movie tie-in)
- Physical Description: 456 pages : map ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.
- Copyright: ©1995
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : On the Yellow Brick Road -- pt. 1. Munchkinlanders -- The root of evil -- The clock of the time dragon -- The birth of a witch -- Maladies and remedies -- The quadling glassblower -- Geographies of the seen and the unseen -- Child's play -- Darkness abroad -- pt. 2. Gillikin -- Galinda -- Bog -- The charmed circle -- pt. 3. City of emeralds -- pt. 4. In the Vinkus -- The voyage out -- The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko -- Uprising -- pt. 5. The murder and its afterlife. |
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| Subject: | Witches > Fiction. Oz (Imaginary place) > Fiction. Good and evil > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026096788 | New Adult Fiction | Checked out | 01/28/2025 |
| Covington Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026758999 | New Adult Fiction | Checked out | 01/23/2025 |
| Erlanger Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026096713 | New Adult Fiction | Checked out | 01/04/2025 |
| Erlanger Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026759013 | New Adult Fiction | Checked out | 01/28/2025 |
| Independence Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026096721 | New Adult Fiction | Checked out | 01/18/2025 |
| Independence Branch | MAGUI G (Text) | 33126026759005 | New Adult Fiction | On holds shelf | - |