THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ
Book Description
Ojo, called "Ojo the Unlucky," is a Munchkin boy who lives with his Unc Nunkie in a remote part of the Munchkin Country. They have noting to eat but bread, and there are only two loaves growing on their bread tree. They visit their only neighbors, Dr. Pipt and his wife Margolotte. There, they learn of the doctor's magic. Margolotte has used the Powder of Life to animate a glass cat named Bungle, a...
MoreOjo, called "Ojo the Unlucky," is a Munchkin boy who lives with his Unc Nunkie in a remote part of the Munchkin Country. They have noting to eat but bread, and there are only two loaves growing on their bread tree. They visit their only neighbors, Dr. Pipt and his wife Margolotte. There, they learn of the doctor's magic. Margolotte has used the Powder of Life to animate a glass cat named Bungle, and she plans to use the Powder to provide herself a servant. She makes a dummy out of a crazy quilt, and selects doses of "Obedience," "Amiability," and "Truth" from her jars of "Brain Furniture." Ojo surreptitiously supplements the brain mixture with doses of all the other available possibilities: "Cleverness," "Poesy," "Self-Reliance," etc. When the Patchwork Girl is animated with the Powder of Life, she is more of everything than anybody expected.
Unc Nunkie and Margolotte are accidentally dosed with the Liquid of Petrifaction and are paralyzed into marble statues. Ojo, the zany Patchwork Girl, and the Glass Cat set out to gather the five exotic ingredients needed for the antidote. They set off across the Land of Oz for a series of adventures; along the way they meet the Shaggy Man, the Woozy, Dorothy Gale, and the Tin Woodman. They encounter Tottenhots, the captive Yoop, the Hoppers and Horners, and a trick river among other curiosities.
Ojo is desperate to obtain the needed ingredients, so much so that he is willing to break rules and sneak around, which gets him in trouble. Still, the quest is successful, until the end: the searchers go to the Winkie Country to find a left wing of a yellow butterfly, but the Tin Woodman, the Emperor of the Winkies, will not allow even a butterfly to be killed.
It appears that Ojo's quest has failed; but the forces of good in the Emerald City are not helpless. The Wizard of Oz finds a way to disenchant Unc Nunkie and Margolotte. Ojo has learned lessons and endured a growth process during his adventure; he is renamed Ojo the Lucky. (non illustrated)
Publisher | |
Binding | Kindle Edition (112 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | 268 |
ISBN-10 | B004GHNJ9W |
Publication Date | 12/15/2010 |
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