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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Speedy Gets a Love Life,
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This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
Perhaps the biggest criticism of Thompson's continuation of the Oz series is that in most of her books, the characters wander from strange place to ever stranger strange places without much point to their wanderings. It seems just an excuse to show off some novel idea for a new community of Oz inhabitants. This, by itself, is not a bad thing but is seldom does as much to advance the story as one would wish. This volume is completely different.
Speedy, the boy from America and one of Thompson's own characters, finds himself on Umbrella Island in the company of a reanimated, fossilized dinosaur. He pretty much stays on the island for most of this story. It is the island that does the wandering since it floats in the sky. The problem is that the island had recently run into a grumpy giant who expects to get the royal princess as a slave by way of compensatory damages. The story is of how this terrible fate is avoided. As is usual, Thompson does best when her own creations are at the forefront and her predecessor's are just backdrop. This is a good story which should appeal to all children, even 41 year old ones like me. Also, it looks like wedding bells may be in Speedy's future.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A true Thompson book!,
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This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
This is Thompson at her best! Although OZ is at the end, it's a wonderful new story about SPEEDY from THE YELLOW KNIGHT OF OZ and how he, Princess Gureeda and Terrybubble the Dinosaur skeleton save Oz from the terrifying giant Loxo!
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"TO-NIGHT, I shall wear my green padded coat, my silver boots and the purple pantaloons," murmured King Sizzeroo of Umbrella Island, stroking his braided beard with one hand and giving the wheel that controlled the motion of the island a lazy turn with the other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden fence, umbrella shaft, royal terrace, assistant wizard, braided beard, steering board, old counselor, prehistoric monster, water gun, dear self Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Umbrella Island, Uncle Billy, Emerald City, Red King, Sea King, Nonestic Ocean, Big Enough Mountain, Professor Sanderson, Roaraway Island, United States, Green Whiskers, Long Island, National Anthem New!
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"TO-NIGHT, I shall wear my green padded coat, my silver boots and the purple pantaloons," murmured King Sizzeroo of Umbrella Island, stroking his braided beard with one hand and giving the wheel that controlled the motion of the island a lazy turn with the other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden fence, umbrella shaft, royal terrace, assistant wizard, braided beard, steering board, old counselor, prehistoric monster, water gun, dear self Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Umbrella Island, Uncle Billy, Emerald City, Red King, Sea King, Nonestic Ocean, Big Enough Mountain, Professor Sanderson, Roaraway Island, United States, Green Whiskers, Long Island, National Anthem New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- L. Frank Baum's Dorothy and the Wizard (Wizard of Oz) by Corinne J. Naden in Front Matter
- Pirates in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 25) by Ruth Plumly Thompson in Front Matter
- The Wishing Horse of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 29) by Ruth Plumly Thompson in Front Matter
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute on page 740
- Yellow Knight of Oz (Wonderful Oz Book, No 24) by Ruth Plumly Thompson in Front Matter
- Ojo in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 27) by Ruth Plumly Thompson in Front Matter
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