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Road to Oz #5

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Which road is the road to Oz? Dorothy finds out in this fifth book of the Oz series, when she tries to help a stranger with directions and wanders far from home, losing her way. She journeys with the Shaggy Man, whose "love magnet" helps out here and there as they encounter various adventures with King Dox, the City of Beasts, the Musicker, the Scoodlers, Johnny Doit, the Deadly Desert and more. And since all roads seem to lead to Oz, anyway (at least for Dorothy!) that's just where they end up, in plenty of time for the birthday party of its well-loved leader, the beautiful young Ozma. L. Frank Baum brings all kinds of characters back from the previous books, and introduces some new ones, for this grand affair.

One thing I can't help but like about these books, now in my adulthood, is that young Dorothy, who though she's not in every book is certainly a fixture in the series, just doesn't seem fazed by these often-scary adventures. A tornado whisks her away from home, a shipwreck lands her in a strange place, she falls to the center of earth in a horse and carriage, and, in this one, she gets ridiculously lost. Whatever. She's had adventures before, she figures, and she always finds her way home. She remains calm, she finds out what she needs to find out, she's kind to everyone along the way, and she does, indeed, get home. There's a powerful lesson in that!

I received the book in a timely fashion and it was in great shape. Thank you!