Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years Book
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Special Price- £24.99 Until December 1stWWWW 2011
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Hailed as &ldquobewitching&rdquo &ldquoremarkable&rdquo &ldquoextraordinary&rdquo &ldquoengrossing&rdquo &ldquoamazing&rdquo and &ldquodelicious&rdquo Gregory Maguire&rsquos Wicked Years series&mdasha sophisticated fantasy cycle inspired by the classic children&rsquos novel The Wizard of Oz&mdashbecame national bestsellers and the basis for a hit Tony-winning Broadway musical. Now Maguire returns with the final installment in his transformative work a thrilling and compulsively readable saga in which the fate of Oz is decided at last. . . .
Once peaceful and prosperous the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland Glinda is under house arrest and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who&rsquos knocking at the door. It&rsquos none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy.
Yet amidst all this chaos Elphaba&rsquos granddaughter the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch has come of age. Now it is up to Rain to take up her broom&mdashand her legacy&mdashin an Oz wracked by war.
The stirring long-awaited conclusion to the bestselling series begun with Wicked Out of Oz is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals reprisals and surprises&mdashthe hallmarks of the unique imagination of Gregory Maguire.