Maguire, Gregory

While the Emerald City prepares for an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda finds herself under house arrest and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. At the same time, Elphaba's granddaughter comes of age, and Rain must find the will to take up her broom and fulfill her legacy in an Oz wracked by war.

As civil war approaches in the land of Oz, an oracle named Yackle prepares for death and is approached by a being named Brrr, the Cowardly Lion himself. Brrr asks Yackle for information pertaining to the Wicked Witch of the West, but Yackle demands answers to some of her own questions as well, forcing Brrr to reveal his life story.

Twelve-year-old Daniel Rider draws upon some extraordinary resources while helping his grandmother resist land developers who wish to purchase her property in the Adirondack Mountains and build a resort.

Twelve-year-old Alice, an orphan who has never been adopted because of her physical handicap and difficult personality, is shocked to discover she has an identical twin sister living nearby.

"As the new millennium approaches, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Clocked by a Catholic statuette, Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues. Her daughter, Tabitha Scales, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus--whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. Only a modern master like Gregory Maguire can spin a tale this frantic, funny, and farcical. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born. THE NEXT QUEEN OF HEAVEN is Maguire's most imaginative story yet"--.

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.

Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz, rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in life that earns her the label of Wicked.

Liir, believed to be the son of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the West, has been spared from the destruction of Emerald City and nursed back to health at the Cloister of Saint Glinda; when he is grown, he sets out to find his supposed half-sister and fulfill the last wishes of a dying princess.

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.