Book List - Author Gregory Maguire

Book List

Author is Gregory Maguire

#	Year	1st Read	Title	Author(s)
1	2008		A Lion Among Men Wicked Years #3	Gregory Maguire
2	2011		Out of Oz Wicked Years #4	Gregory Maguire
3	2005		Son of a Witch Wicked Years #2 Cover Blurb	Gregory Maguire
		"MAGUIRE HAS DONE IT AGAIN: SON OF A WITCH IS AS WICKED AS THEY COME...." Boston Globe In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land of Oz and 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. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda the silent novice Candle tends to him, willing him back to life with her unusual musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape - but what of her powers? Can he find his half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishs of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? *For the countless fans who have been dazzled and entranced by Maguire's Oz, Son of a Witch* is the rich reward they have awaited so long.**
4	1995		Wicked Wicked Years #1 Cover Blurb	Gregory Maguire
		"Listen up, Munchkins. Stop your singing, stop the dancing. The Wicked Witch is no longer dead. But not to worry. Gregory Maguire's shrewdly imagined and beautifully written novel Wicked not only revives her but re-envisions and redeems her for our times." New York Newsday When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability, and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West - a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.