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1) After Alice
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"When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance? In this brilliant work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings—and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll's...
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Wicked years volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Years after the death of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, a young man named Liir, rumored to be Elphaba's son, is discovered in the ruins of Emerald City and revived by the mysterious foundling Candle.
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Series
Wicked years volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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This re-creation of the land of Oz, tells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Wicked just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.
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Another day volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Following a confrontation with her reclusive great-grandfather, the one-time Wizard of Oz, Rainary Ko—the granddaughter of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West—has re-upped in a mission to settle a few scores and right a wrong or two. Her memory and her passions reviving, Rain turns her gaze back to her native Oz. Though the Grimmerie, which she had cast into the sea, retains its arcane power over her, the lover she left behind in Oz proves no less...
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Series
Another day volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Oracle of Maracoor, the second in the trilogy called Another Day, continues the story of Elphaba’s green-skinned granddaughter, Rain. That strange land, Maracoor—across the ocean from Oz—is beset by an invading army. In the mayhem, Rain and Cossy, a child felon, break out of prison. Helped by a few flying monkeys, they struggle to escape the city before it falls under siege. Their arresting officer, Lucikles, also retreats with his family...
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Wicked years volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
Description
In this third novel of the "New York Times"-bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the Cowardly Lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West--the woman who had defended him when he was a cub.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Elena lives in the poor Russian countryside. Her father is dead and her brothers have been forced into the Tsar's army. Her mother is dying, and there is no food. But then a train arrives carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family; a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls meet, an adventure is set in motion that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito,...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble.
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Wicked years volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
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Gregory Maguire returns readers to the Land of Oz as he presents the fourth and final installment in the Wicked years series. 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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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On seeing her portrait, a servant girl modelling for an artist in 17th century Holland realizes she is ugly. But the portrait opens her eyes to the world of art, she becomes a painter and is transformed by her work so that when a prince charming appears she is no longer ugly.
Gregory Maguire proves himself to be “one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers” (Kirkus Reviews) with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his ingenious and...
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English
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Similar to the classic Snow White story, this version takes place in Renaissance Italy. Seven-year-old Bianca is sent to live with father's farm staff when he is ordered to reclaim a branch of apples from the Tree of Knowledge. When an evil woman becomes jealous of Bianca, she begins to plot her death.
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