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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood
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What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West—setting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical and the Wicked films.
Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in...
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