Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Maguire, Gregory Author
Series
Wicked years volume 1
Published
HarperCollins , 2009.
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Description
This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens. Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn’t nearly as Wicked as we imagined.
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Wicked Years and Elemental Masters retell classic fantasy stories, emphasizing the universal themes of the original stories, especially the conflict between good and evil. -- Katherine Johnson
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So-called evil stepsisters and an allegedly heartless witch become sympathetic protagonists in these imaginative retellings. A scary Cinderella horrifies her family in We Kept Her, while readers get the cinematic backstory of The Wizard of Oz's biggest antagonist in Wicked. -- Basia Wilson
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Maguire, G. (2009). Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West . HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. 2009. Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West HarperCollins, 2009.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Maguire, G. (2009). Wicked: life and times of the wicked witch of the west. HarperCollins.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West HarperCollins, 2009.
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Copy Details
| Collection | Owned | Available | Number of Holds |
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| Libby | 10 | 0 | 22 |
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