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9/3/2012

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So, I've been in a "Wicked" sort of mood lately. It must have something to do with my two girls belting "Popular" and "Loathing" every time we hear the songs pop up on the Broadway channel in the car. 

Although I read "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire many years ago before the musical came out, I got the urge to dust off my old copy and give it another go (so I can read the next book - "Son of a Witch"). I read "Wicked" for a book club the first time around. I was one of the few club members that enjoyed it back then. Doesn't matter. I still say for anyone that likes a good fantasy with flying monkeys and political injustice, you can't go wrong with this tale of the misunderstood, green-skinned Elphaba and her love/hate relationship with Galinda (oh, alright, Glinda) the Good. 

This book is all about what happened BEFORE the witch meets up with the little girl with the ruby slippers in the well known children's novel. "Wicked," however, is most definitely NOT a children's novel. Recently, I have noticed a number of 5th graders in my elementary library carting around a copy. I have to assume the parents have never read the book and only seen the musical. Due to the graphic, adult nature of some of the content, I would not recommend the book for anyone under high school age (and even that is somewhat questionable depending on maturity). The musical might be fairly straightforward and "clean" for the family audience, but "Wicked" the book is not written for the younger reader. 

Still, I am fascinated by the concept of taking this character we grew up believing was "bad" and discovering her true nature. Good stuff, people.


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    Brenda Haas is currently a feature writer for Leisure Living Magazine, covering the Shores & Islands Ohio region. She also freelances for nonprofits and is well-versed in public relations, marketing, and editing. She spent many years as a reporter and columnist for a Pittsburgh press. Her writing has appeared in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and My Outer Banks Home magazine, among other publications.

    Brenda lived in the Pittsburgh, PA area for more than 20 years. She now resides in Lakeside, OH, a circa-1870s Lake Erie community attracting generations of annual vacationers, artists, and educators. It serves as the vintage setting for her debut novel — Finding Sutton’s Choice (Orange Hat Publishing/Ten16 Press, release May 2025).

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