Emerald City of Oz

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Summary: Nice try, Mr. Baum...
Review: After five "Oz" books, L. Frank Baum had enough, and tried to close off the series with this sixth installment. Of course, the children wouldn't let him, and he went on to write eight more, but this effort to end the series was one of the best in some time.

The last two books ("Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" and "The Road to Oz") suffered serious problems. They meandered, there was no sense of danger, nothing bad could ever happen to these characters. This time out Baum started with our heroine in a form of danger -- Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were going to lose the farm in Kansas -- and went on to reestablish the greatest threat the Oz books had left, Roquat the Red, the Nome King.

While this book again lacked a serious sense of danger, the devices Baum used in his effort to end the series were all clever, and furthermore, made for better stories when he returned to the series later. This is a lovely story, a real classic.

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Summary: Disappointed by this volume
Review: Although I'd previously only read Ozma of Oz, I was very disappointed by the style The Emerald City of Oz was written in. For some reason, Dorothy has a hick accent, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are a little too happy go lucky, and the various towns they visit are filled with characters who are too literal and simple for my taste. I am about to read the other books in the series and hope they are written more in the style of Ozma of Oz than Emerald City of Oz.

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Summary: What a Book!
Review: Dorothy's family is in trouble.She has to save them from losing thier farm, so she talked to Ozma, the ruler of Oz. She said that Dorothy's grandparents could come to the Oz. But what the Land of Oz didn't know was that the 3 strongest evil people in the world were digging a hole under the deadly desert surrounding the Land of Oz. Dorothy and some of her friends went on a trip around Oz, and found out that the desert hole was almost finished with the help of the tin man. The group went to Emerald City to think up a plan. Finaly the scarecrow thought up an idea.Read the book to discover the end!

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Summary: Dorothy returns to Oz
Review: Dorothy's return to the Land of Oz,along with her Uncle and Aunt-who finaly believe her stories-is a must for anyone who reads the Oz series.Dorothy had gone to Oz before(four times in all,if you know the other stories)but this is when she settles in Oz and becomes a princess.She could even have been a co-ruler,along with Ozma.Living in Oz was Dorothy's secret dream,and now that her Unlce Henry(who was about to retire from farming) and Aunt Em have come with her,Oz becomes Home for Dorothy.Home is truly where your loved ones are.

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Summary: A fun tour of Oz
Review: Finally, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry get the chance to visit Oz, and Baum introduces them and us to a variety of unusual inhabitants. True, most of their journey through the countryside has little or nothing to do with the main plot, the attempt (again) by the Nome King to conquer Oz. But it's fun. And best of all, this book becomes a turning point for the series because in it Dorothy makes the decision to remain in Oz. While maybe not the best book in the series, The Emerald City of OZ is a lot of fun and well worth the read.

Also recommended: King Fortis the Brave, Harry Potter and Abarat. Books that, 100 years from now, people will be looking back with the fondness of the Oz series.

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Summary: A fun tour of Oz
Review: Finally, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry get the chance to visit Oz, and Baum introduces them and us to a variety of unusual inhabitants. True, most of their journey through the countryside has little or nothing to do with the main plot, the attempt (again) by the Nome King to conquer Oz. But it's fun. And best of all, this book becomes a turning point for the series because in it Dorothy makes the decision to remain in Oz. While maybe not the best book in the series, The Emerald City of OZ is a lot of fun and well worth the read.

Also recommended: King Fortis the Brave, Harry Potter and Abarat. Books that, 100 years from now, people will be looking back with the fondness of the Oz series.

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Summary: Baum comes back with another anazing OZ adventure
Review: I have always been an OZ fan. This was the first book other than the wizard of OZ that I read. I was hooked. I own all of Baum's books on OZ. I think it is a shame they are hard to find. OZ is a treasure all people should know and love. It should not be held in a publishers house but be on the selevs of every book store. It is something any true OZ fan would want

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Summary: Still my favorite Oz book
Review: I just read The Emerald City of Oz to my little boy, who's almost five (see my earlier review of the book from 2000 which I wrote when he was about a week old!), and he and I both enjoyed it immensely. We're reading all the Oz books in order, and are now on our eighth (Tik-Tok of Oz). My son is a huge Oz fan.

One cautionary note to those who wish to read this book to their young children: My little one was actually quite upset and frightened at the prospect of Oz being invaded and possibly destroyed by the Nomes and their ferocious allies. A number of times I had to soothe him by explaining that Ozma was sure to find some way to save her country. Perhaps this is a better book for older children.

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Summary: a very good book
Review: i loved this book, but i didn't like the parts where there was a tour of oz, those parts seem to meander, it just seems like it just passes some time while the nome king builds his tunnel. i liked the growleywogs and the phanfasms. they were the charachters that made the book exciting.

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Summary: a very good book
Review: i loved this book, but i didn't like the parts where there was a tour of oz, those parts seem to meander, it just seems like it just passes some time while the nome king builds his tunnel. i liked the growleywogs and the phanfasms. they were the charachters that made the book exciting.