Elphie

A Wicked Childhood

Gregory Maguire

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25 March 2025

Historical adventure; Fantasy; Fiction: special features; Fantasy

Series: Wicked

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Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born...

ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves.

Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?

Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.

The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.

It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...

By: Gregory Maguire
Imprint: Headline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781035416400
ISBN 10: 1035416409
Series: Wicked
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked, the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz), that was made into an award-winning musical. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter.