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Son of a Witch LP: Volume Two in the Wicked Years
by Gregory Maguire

Published: 2009-01-01
Paperback : 560 pages
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The long-anticipated sequel to the million-copy bestselling novel Wicked

Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after ...

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The long-anticipated sequel to the million-copy bestselling novel Wicked

Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he 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. But he is tended at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her 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 supposed half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison, Southstairs? Can he fulfill the last wishes 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.

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Elphaba is known as The Wicked Witch of the West to most in Oz, but as Sister Saint Aelphaba to the maunts at the House of Saint Glinda. Discuss how one person can have two identities; one light and one dark.
When Liir meets Princess Nastoya, she says, "In the end, all disguises must drop." How does this relate to the novel? How does this relate to real life?
After flying on the witch's broom, Liir asks "How could anyone live without flying." How can we apply this to real life?
by RockinRenee (see profile) 08/17/09

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  "Another Great Installment in the "True" story of Oz"by Nicole A. (see profile) 08/17/09

This book continues the story of Oz as seen through modern, adult eyes. This time we follow the Wicked Witch's possible son as he tries to find his true identity in a world that has been turned on its... (read more)

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