Son of a Witch: 2 (Wicked Years) - Softcover

Maguire, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061714739 ISBN 13: 9780061714733

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"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

"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

"A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil."--Library Journal

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

"As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be."--Entertainment Weekly

"An amazing novel."----John Updike

Book Description:

The second dazzling and entrancing novel in Gregory Maguire's bestselling Wicked series

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061714739
• ISBN 13: 9780061714733
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 444
• Illustrator: Smith Douglas