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This version is not recommended for children. This book raises questions about what is wicked and what is good? What happens when a child is born different, green? Major sections of the book are the prologue, Munchkinlanders, Gillikin, City of Emeralds, In the Vinkus and The Murder and Its Afterlife. The novel was adapted as the successful Broadway musical Wicked.

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  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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  • This version is not recommended for children. This book raises questions about what is wicked and what is good? What happens when a child is born different, green? Major sections of the book are the prologue, Munchkinlanders, Gillikin, City of Emeralds, In the Vinkus and The Murder and Its Afterlife. The novel was adapted as the successful Broadway musical Wicked.
  • The novel is a political, social, and ethical commentary on the nature of good and evil, and takes place in The Land of Oz, in the years leading to Dorothy's arrival. The story centers on Elphaba Thropp, the misunderstood green-skinned girl who grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West. Gregory Maguire fashioned the name of Elphaba, from the initials of Lyman Frank Baum, L-F-B. The story is divided into five different sections based on the plot location. There is also a prologue where Elphaba is spying on Dorothy and her friends, hearing them gossip about her.
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  • 1995(xsd:integer)
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  • This version is not recommended for children. This book raises questions about what is wicked and what is good? What happens when a child is born different, green? Major sections of the book are the prologue, Munchkinlanders, Gillikin, City of Emeralds, In the Vinkus and The Murder and Its Afterlife. The novel was adapted as the successful Broadway musical Wicked.
  • The novel is a political, social, and ethical commentary on the nature of good and evil, and takes place in The Land of Oz, in the years leading to Dorothy's arrival. The story centers on Elphaba Thropp, the misunderstood green-skinned girl who grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West. Gregory Maguire fashioned the name of Elphaba, from the initials of Lyman Frank Baum, L-F-B. The story is divided into five different sections based on the plot location. There is also a prologue where Elphaba is spying on Dorothy and her friends, hearing them gossip about her.
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