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The Book: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
ISBN: 978-0-06-135096-2
Suggested By: Sissy Vaughn
Where: Home
When: 2-3P
Music: None
Company: Alone
Pages: 402-457 (55)
The Lead In: Reading during the day is such a great alternative to trying to read just before bed. My mind is sharper. Too bad the schedule doesn’t always work that way.
The 411 on the 55: Nessarose is ruling Munchkinland well enough, I guess, but Elphaba is fed up with the way Animals (talking animals) are treated. They are being treated as dumb animals rather than sentient beings. Nessa ignores her and Elphaba leaves for her home. Upon arrival she finds the family of her lover gone, captured by an army troop of Oz. She settles in to plan revenge when news arrives that Nessarose has been killed...
By a falling house. From Kansas. With Dorothy and Toto in it.
Elphaba heads back only to discover the ruby slippers that she wanted so badly were given to Dorothy by Glinda. The Wizard of Oz shows up and tries to bargain with Elphaba for her magic book of spells, but she refuses to give it up.
Line of the Day: “And while you wait to learn, the deadly icicle, formed by all opposing forces, falls and drives its cold nail into penetrable flesh.” pg 417
Fact on the Fiction: “The author of numerous books for children, Mr. Maguire is also a contributor to Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay and lesbian teenagers” GregoryMaguire.com
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