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.
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.
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.
The Hungry Tiger, along with Betsy Bobbin, Prince Reddy, and Carter Green, travel to the Kingdom of Rash to find three rubies that will restore Reddy to the throne, but first they must defeat Pasha and face other dangers.
A tornado brings magician Oscar Diggs to Oz, where he teams up with the good witch Glinda to try to save the land of Oz from being taken over by her two evil sisters.
A Kansas girl named Dorothy is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz, where she and three new friends must find a wizard to grant their wishes, including Dorothy's wish to go home. Contains the complete text and forty-two of the book's original illustrations.
