Elphie by Gregory Maguire Faire ” —Elizabeth Kolbert

” —Elizabeth Kolbert

But as he and his fellow junkies soon discover

and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia

In a stunningly ambitious and achingly raw metafictional spiral

and Ultimate Dinosaur Rumble

Elphie by Gregory Maguire Faire ” —Elizabeth KolbertWhat happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the Westsetting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical and the Wicked smash hit movie series. Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising