![]() ![]() She turned ruthless, and took her famous friends with her. Everything in Oz is different than what she imagined because Dorothy’s defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West and return trip to Kansas was only half the story–now Amy is learning that Dorothy came back and took over Oz. So does everyone else Amy meets, for that matter. A strange boy gets her started on her way, but he leaves her with more questions than answers. Of course, Amy’s heard the traditional story of Oz, but when she wakes up on the roof of her upside-down trailer and scampers out just before it falls into a bottomless pit, Oz is unrecognizable. She’s bullied at school, friendless, and more than a little stuck in Dusty Acres. ![]() So when I started reading YA again a couple years ago and found out about Danielle Paige’s Dorothy Must Die, I had to pick it up.Ībout the book: Amy Gumm lives in a trailer home with her pill-popping mother, who seems to have tired of Amy and most everything else. I watched it enough times that I could still tell you where all the commercial breaks came into the story. I’ve been a Wizard of Oz fan since I was a young child watching Judy Garland on a home-recorded VHS tape. ![]()
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