TIK-TOK OF OZ
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Book Description
Ann Soforth, queen of Oogaboo, has grown tired of her tiny remote principality and its "stupid and unenterprising" people. She musters an army, consisting of sixteen officers and a private, and sets out to conquer the Land of Oz. Glinda the Good, surveying her Great Book of Records, learns of Ann's plans. She works a magic spell, so that Ann and her army emerge from their mountain passes into a my...
MoreAnn Soforth, queen of Oogaboo, has grown tired of her tiny remote principality and its "stupid and unenterprising" people. She musters an army, consisting of sixteen officers and a private, and sets out to conquer the Land of Oz. Glinda the Good, surveying her Great Book of Records, learns of Ann's plans. She works a magic spell, so that Ann and her army emerge from their mountain passes into a mysterious, foggy landscape.
Betsy Bobbin, an American girl, is washed up on a strange shore after a storm; she is accompanied by her faithful mule Hank. Betsy and Hank are in the Rose Kingdom; sapient talking greenhouse roses inform them that strangers are not allowed. As the Royal Gardener is about to pass sentence on the two, the Shaggy Man crashes through the greenhouse roof. He charms the Gardener into benignity with his Love Magnet. The roses, who have no hearts and are thus immune to the Magnet, demand the travelers leave; they do so, taking with them the newly-plucked Rose Princess Ozga, a cousin of Ozma.
The Shaggy Man is headed for the Nome Kingdom to search for his missing brother; Ozma has assisted him with transport via her Magic Belt. The group meets Polychrome the rainbow's daughter, and then rescues Tik-Tok from the well where the Nome King had dumped him. The assembled party next encounters Ann and her army. The belligerent Ann orders the "vagabonds" bound - but Jo Files, the army's only private, refuses to bind girls. Ann changes her plans when she learns of the wealth and potential plunder of the Nomes' domain. Jo Files resigns his post, and Ann accepts Tik-Tok as the new private in her force.
Ruggedo the Nome King is not pleased with their invasion of his realm. He leads them through the Rubber Country, then drops them through the Hollow Tube to the opposite side of the world.
There the party encounters the Private Citizen, Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin. This immortal vows to punish Ruggedo for using the Tube, and sends his unwelcome visitors back the way they came, with his Instrument of Vengeance, Quox the dragon. After various complications, Quox quells the Nome King with the eggs he has brought with him. Ruggedo is deprived of magic; his steward Kaliko takes over. The Shaggy Man's brother is found, and rescued from a curse of ugliness placed on him by Ruggedo; the antidote is a kiss from Polychrome.
Back on the surface, Polychrome returns to her rainbow, and Ozma magically returns Ann and her army to Oogaboo. (Ozga goes with Jo Files, because they "have become such good friends.") Ozma also brings Tik-Tok home, though the Shaggy Man will return only when Ozma agrees to welcome Betsy, Hank, and Shaggy's brother too. (non illustrated)
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| Binding | Kindle Edition (119 editions) |
| Reading Level | Uncategorized
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| # of Pages | N/A |
| ISBN-10 | B004GHNJME |
| Publication Date | 12/15/2010 |
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