Elphie

<p><strong>Pre-order now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collectors hardcover features stenciled edges and a color illustrated map of Oz.</strong></p><p><strong>What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in<em>Wicked</em>? 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 Westsetting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is <em>Wicked</em>: <em>The Musical.</em></strong></p><p>Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in adult life. But she is always a one-off, from her infancy; <em>Elphie</em> is the riveting coming-of-age story of a very peculiar and relatable young girl.</p><p>Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, F