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Chicago, Reilly & Lee [1949]
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When a simple trip to get the Love Magnet repaired goes awry, unlikely companions Twink, Tom, Twiffle, and the legendary Shaggy Man of Oz must get their heads out of the clouds and escape the sappiest romantic drama if they hope to cross the Deadly Desert in time to foil a sinister plan. Tag along with Ruprecht the Castaway King as he spoils Story Time, incites a Whirligig rebellion, gets a taste of infinite power, and inadvertently kicks off the beginning of the end of the world, in Nicolai's 2012 original, illustrated novella.
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As with most of the Oz tomes after the first few, the plot is slight, but the younger kids will enjoy it well enough, and the inventiveness of the creatures and countries surrounding Oz are still fun.
There are a number of inconsistencies, and the reliance on magical travel makes things too easy for
There is a passing reference (p. 16) to a once-common but now eschewed term for Native Americans, in the context of watching a program on the then-amazing-and-new television device, but that is the only problematical word in the book (or indeed in most of the Oz volumes).
(Dates are for my latest reading.)
There are a number of inconsistencies, and the reliance on magical travel makes things too easy for
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the characters, but that's an old problem and won't bother the children too much.There is a passing reference (p. 16) to a once-common but now eschewed term for Native Americans, in the context of watching a program on the then-amazing-and-new television device, but that is the only problematical word in the book (or indeed in most of the Oz volumes).
(Dates are for my latest reading.)
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254 p.; 24 cm
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Oz, 38
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