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Not going to be a favorite, donated to the local library
Not going to be a favorite, donated to the local library
In my childhood, my parents read the original Oz books to us (or at least a lot of them), so I've been curious about this book for a while. I was uncertain if I'd like it at first: how could you take the Wicked Witch of the West and make her sympathetic? But I was on board before long, thanks to Maguire's whimsical and dark reinterpretation of the people we thought we knew in Oz. Elphaba (the Witch) is prickly (and green-skinned) from birth, but in this version she's also intelligent and pretty
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Feb 18, 2011
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Mar 01, 2013
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Melanti
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Jan 04, 2022
Karen Michele Burns
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Jun 09, 2023
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