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Son of a Witch

Volume Two in the Wicked Years
Pages
352
Published
2008
Language
English

Synopsis

In the wake of the Wicked Witch of the West's death, her rumored son Liir is left to pick up the pieces of a broken Oz. After being nursed back to health by a mysterious novice, he sets out on a journey to find his missing sister and understand his own heritage. This sequel to Wicked follows a young man trying to survive a land falling under the shadow of a new, brutal regime.

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About the author

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Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist born in Albany, New York, in 1954. He studied at the University at Albany, Simmons University and Tufts University. His first novel, The Lightning Time, appeared in 1978. Wicked (1995), his first novel for adults, retells The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West and became the basis of the Broadway musical and a two-part film adaptation. He has written many further novels for adults and children that reimagine class...

Characters

LiirProtagonist
CandleSupporting
Elphaba ThroppSupporting
Queen NorSupporting
Dorothy GaleCameo
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