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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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Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit that spot is well deserved. ----Kirkus Reviews

Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn. -- New York Times

Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbitthat spot is well deserved. ----Kirkus Reviews

-Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit--that spot is well deserved.-----Kirkus Reviews

Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining. --Boston Globe

Masterfully imaginative. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . A headspinning cast of vividly described, eccentric characters emerges. . . . [An] enchanting fable. 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 A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil. --Library Journal Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn. --New York Times Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit--that spot is well deserved. ----Kirkus Reviews 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 Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining. --Boston Globe As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be. --Entertainment Weekly Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness. --People An amazing novel. ----John Updike 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 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

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Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award—winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.

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