Son of a Witch : Volume Two in the Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061862320
ISBN-139780061862328
eBay Product ID (ePID)72083783

Product Key Features

Book TitleSon of a Witch : Volume Two in the Wicked Years
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicOccult & Supernatural, Fantasy / General, General
GenreFiction
AuthorGregory Maguire
Book SeriesWicked Years Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsA tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil., "Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn." -- New York Times "A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil." -- Library Journal "Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining." -- Boston Globe "Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness." -- People "As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be." -- Entertainment Weekly For Wicked: "I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story." -- --Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True "An amazing novel." -- --John Updike "Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit--that spot is well deserved." -- --Kirkus Reviews, "Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness." (People), Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness., Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining., For Wicked:"I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story."
Series Volume Number2
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire s Son of a Witch the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder. ", 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. Is he really Elphaba's son He has her broom and her cape--but what of her powers 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, 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. Is he really Elphaba's son He has her broom and her cape-but what of her powers 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, The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire's Son of a Witch --the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz--a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder.

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