Gregory Maguire
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Wicked years volume 1
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English
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Maguire did something truly remarkable with this novel, in managing to inhabit, enlarge, deepen and find new dimensions in a world that had been invented by another writer, and in doing so make something entirely new. It's an astonishing achievement." - A special 25th anniversary hardcover edition of the beloved multi-million-copy-bestselling novel and basis of the Tony Award-winning musical-including a new essay from...
3) After Alice
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English
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Do you remember Ada? When Ada heads down the rabbit hole in search of her missing friend, Alice, Ada must get a grip on her surreal surroundings if she hopes to bring Alice home alive in a tale inspired by Ada's brief mention in the original 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' first published 150 years before this book's release. 256pp., 200K, Auth res: Boston, MA
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Series
Another day volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Following a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the one-time Wizard of Oz, Rainary Ko--the granddaughter of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West--has re-upped in a mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two. Her memory and her passions reviving, Rain turns her gaze back to her native Oz. Though the Grimmerie, which she had cast into the sea, retains its arcane power over her, the lover she left behind in Oz proves no less haunting....
Author
Series
Another day volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the very fabric of reality loosens, liberating creatures of myth and legend, Rain, Elphaba's green-skinned granddaughter, and her companions hunt the fabled Oracle of Maracoor for guidance and soothsaying, hoping that the desperate wicked years will promise another day.
Author
Series
Wicked years volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
Glinda, former Throne Minister, held under house arrest by General Cherrystone, obtains the infamous Grimmerie, supposedly a volume of magical lore, coveted by Oz. Meanwhile, Lir's daughter Rain begins her quest to discover her true identity and unravel the layers of political and personal secrets that have caused strife and division in Oz.
Author
Series
Another day volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The brides of Maracoor finds Elphaba's granddaughter Rain "washing ashore on a foreign island. Comatose from crashing into the sea, Rain is taken in by a community of single women committed to obscure devotional practices. As the mainland of Maracoor sustains an assault by a foreign navy, the island's civil-servant overseer struggles to understand how an alien arriving on the shores of Maracoor could threaten the stability and wellbeing of an entire...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York TimesWicked,Hiddensee Hiddensee, offers a message of hope. If the compromised Godfather Drosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized on the eve of a winter holiday, has something precious to share.
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2020
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English
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-- New York TimesNearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself. Little does Laura know that her struggle to find help for her new friend parallels that of her grandparents, who are desperate...