What happened after Dorothy killed the wicked witch and went home? In The Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire continues the story by telling the darker side of the classic world of Oz. The Son of a Witch is a wonderfully written classic that continues The Wizard of Oz in a new and exciting perspective. In this book, Gregory Maguire points the main character parts to two people, Oatsie Manglehand and a young man instead of Dorothy, Wizard of Oz, or the Wicked Witch. In the beginning, Oastie was traveling along the trail, doing her job as a travel guide, when she comes comes upon a young man who appeared to be in a very critical condition and appeared to be very close to dying. After Oatsie decided to take the young man, who was later named
