| International Standard Book Number |
9780063495272
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.54 TnLvILS
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| Personal Name |
Maguire, Gregory, author.
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| Title Statement |
Galinda : a charmed childhood / Gregory Maguire.
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| Imprint |
New York : William Morrow & Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
259 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Who was Glinda the Good Witch before she floated down in her bubble to greet Dorothy? Who was Glinda before she became Elphaba Thropp's magnetic and popular roommate at Shiz University? Well, before then, she was Galinda. With a "ga." The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored. Her natural grace promises to elevate her in the district dance competitions--but these efforts distract her from seeing the growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family's business strategies. Enmired in the self-satisfactions and unnamed timidities of childhood, Galinda finds in herself neither canniness nor the need to cultivate it. However, as her father deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors, Galinda begins to dance toward a life that might lift her above her proud, if hardscrabble, childhood."--Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rich people Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Witches Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Siblings Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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