The Wicked Years
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    Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire
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    Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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    • By Gregory Maguire
    • Narrated By John McDonough
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    Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.

    It's not easy being green

    From reading the reviews, this looks like a book that few are lukewarm about. Listeners either really loved it or really hated it! I'm of the group wh..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 30 2008 by Kathleen (Memphis, TN, USA)
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    Son of a Witch | Gregory Maguire
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    Son of a Witch

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    Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts.

    A good writer does not a good reader make

    The underlying story was good - although it lacked much of the creativity of Wicked - spending a inordinate amount of text belaboring the same issues,..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 05 2005 by Vernette (Winnetka, CA, USA)
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    A Lion Among Men: The Wicked Years, Volume 3 | Gregory Maguire
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    A Lion Among Men: The Wicked Years, Volume 3

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    • By Gregory Maguire
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    While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.

    Gregory and John Together Again

    I have to agree with the outstanding reviews of the novel. For those who didn't receive closure in this book, it's very important to understand that n..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jan 14 2010 by Michael (Huntington, WV, USA)
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    Out of Oz: The Wicked Years, Volume 4 | Gregory Maguire
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    Out of Oz: The Wicked Years, Volume 4

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    • By Gregory Maguire
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    Gregory Maguire's Wicked Years series became national best sellers and the basis for a hit Tony-winning Broadway musical. Now, Maguire returns with the final installment in his transformative work, a thrilling and compulsively readable saga in which the fate of Oz is decided at last.

    Worth the Wait!

    I've waited a long time for this - and it was only over too fast! There is some serious tying up of loose ends, some SHOCKS that had me in TEARS, and ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 11 2011 by Kathleen (HUGO, MN, United States)