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Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Emerald City of Oz


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This book was sort of fun, but Ozma's indifference kind of bothered me. The king of the Nomes is angry and resentful that Ozma and Dorothy stole his Magic Belt. So he plans to conquer Oz and take it back, while taking Ozma as his slave.

Dorothy decides to return to Oz to live permanently, and she brings Uncle Henry and Aunt Em with her. Now, her uncle and aunt are understandably unsure of what to do in Oz. They enter the country just to discover that they're expected to just laze around and do nothing, but neither of them is ok with this since they spent most of their lives working on a farm. So Ozma tries to come up with some ideas for them.

Dorothy goes on a tour of the country, visiting the various unusual people that live in Oz. I actually liked this section of the book simply because there are some odd characters in this country.

But once Ozma learns of the plot against her country by the Nomes, the Growleywogs, the Whimsies, and the Phanfasms, she just kind of resigns herself to it. When her friends try to talk to her about it, she just brushes it off, thinking that it's an inevitability. Although, there is a rather humorous ending to it.

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