After more adventures, Ozma officially names Dorothy a Princess of Oz.ĭorothy Gale is on her way to see Uncle Henry in California at Hugson’s Ranch. Readers also meet the Nome King, Roquat the Red, for the first time. In order to rescue the royal family of Ev, Dorothy and her friends must travel to the land of the Nome King. Ozma of Oz comes to their rescue, along with old friends, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion.

Lunch pails grow on trees and there are strange creatures known as Wheelers, with wheels instead of hands or feet.Īs they travel through the land of Ev, they meet Tik-Tok, a mechanical man, and are captured by the head-changing Princess Langwidere. They arrive on the shore of a strange land and discover that Billina is able to talk. Dorothy falls overboard during a violent storm and, along with a yellow hen named Billina, drifts away in a large poultry crate. The novel begins as vacationing Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry board a steamship bound for Australia. Tip escapes with “Jack Pumpkinhead” and they travel to the Emerald City. Not at all frightened, Mombi shakes some “powder of life” onto the tall figure and then captures Tip and threatens to turn him into a marble statue come morning. Intending to frighten Mombi, who is returning from a trip, Tip creates a man out of wood, topped with a pumpkin for a head.

Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.The Marvelous Land of Oz begins not long after the final scenes in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and follows the adventures of Tip, a young boy, whose guardian is the witch, Mombi. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Ozma of Oz is the third novel in the Oz series, and was adapted into the film Return to Oz starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its thirteen sequels have enchanted audiences since their publication in the early twentieth century. Will Billina have what it takes to save the day?

But to win the royal family’s freedom Dorothy and her friends must play the trickster King’s games.

After narrowly escaping the evil Princess Langwidere, Dorothy is reunited with familiar companions the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion on a quest to rescue the royal family of Ev from the clutches of the tyrannical Nome King. Ozma of Oz finds Dorothy and her new friend, the talking hen Billina, shipwrecked in the mysterious Land of Ev.

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