Always feels like a fun adventure in Oz and this book is just that. It's better than the last book and adds some new characters whilst letting us see some old friends too.

Good light read.
Great for bed time stories for children.
Loved his subtle humor he added in places.

Dorothy, not planning to go on another trip has ended up forced to take one. As she at no point considers the Shaggy Man or any of the other individuals they meet along the way, equals, she is traveling as an orphan (lone traveler). She is also a literal orphan. By crossing through the "ten acre lot", aka a cornfield, she has invoked her orphan magic. The road whether she wants it to or not is taking her to Oz.




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Cute story

This was a cute story with some pretty interesting lessons throughout. Some parts did seem a bit more difficult to read than others but none of it seemed out of place or unnecessary. Overall, it was a good read.

This is another adventure with Dorothy. She meets new characters the shaggy man, who has the most development in the story. Button Bright,who is the du mist character and 5 year old that I have ever known and poly the rainbow's daughter. I imagined her as a hippie because she loved to dance. I had a lot of problems with this book. First Button Bright was so annoying, every time he answered a question, he would have the same response "don't know." I felt like this book was repeating everything, like the first book. The characters also traveled to Oz to return home. There was a bad guy but, they only appeared in one chapter. They were canibals and was planning to eat them in soup. The bad guys attacked by throwing the own heads at the enemy, which is a disadvantage because then they wouldn't be able to see and I felt like they should have vomited over the characters. I liked the reunion with the old characters, but it was short lived was at the end of the book.
Quotes:
-"Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them."
-"But I've noticed if I happen to get lost, I'm almost sure to come to the Land of Oz in the end, somehow 'r other; so I may get there this time. But I can't promise, you know; all I can do is wait and see."
-"Stupid people must have streets and numbered houses in their cities, to guide them where to go, but clever donkeys know their way about without such absurd marks. Moreover, a mixed city is much prettier than one with straight streets."
-"All donkeys are born wise,so the only school we need is the school of experience. Books are only for those who know nothing and so are obliged to learn things from other people."

The more I read L. Frank Baum, the more I find that it is only the same. This book was a big disappointment and it will probably take some time before I read the next adventure of the land of Oz. The characters are funny but they don't have the little something of the first one created by the authors, and the same thing could be said about the story. We again travail to Oz passing by some strange adventures, to finally arrive to Oz and find yourself with all the characters of the past books. The books is not bad in itself, but the series seem to go kind of nowhere without a real evolution. I'm sorry to say that I don't recommend it!