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Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West

2000

Format:	Book
Author:	Maguire, Gregory, author.
Title:	Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.
Publisher, Date:	New York : William Morrow, an inprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000, 1995.
Description:	409 pages : illustrations, map
Summary:	A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
Target Audience Note:	890L Lexile
Subjects:	Witches -- Fiction. Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction. Good and evil -- Fiction.
Genre:	Occult fiction. Fantasy fiction.
Other Author:	Smith, Douglas (Illustrator), illustrator.
Notes:	First published by ReganBooks in 1995. Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 25 74167.
Contents:	Prologue : on the Yellow Brick Road -- I. 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 -- II. Gillikin -- Galinda -- Bog -- The charmed circle -- III. The city of emeralds -- IV. In the Vinkus -- The voyage out -- The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko -- Uprising -- V. The murder and its afterlife.
LCCN:	95000669
ISBN:	0060391448 9780060987107 9780060745905
System Availability:	16
Current Holds:	5
# Local items:	16
Control Number:	13269
Call Number:	Fiction MAG
Course Reserves:	0
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