You guys there are too many wizard of oz adaptations running around. All the books in the series feature a character by the name amy gumm the protagonist. So far there s been nbcs emerald city, which puts dorothy in modernday new york city. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornadotaking you with ityou have no choice but to go along, you know. I dont think that 36 is the right reading level though. Before turning to young adult literature, she worked in the television industry, where she received a writers guild of. I do not think i can wait until april 1st for this book to come out. The fourth and final book, the end of oz, was released on march 14, 2017. In these last few chapters we meet a few new characters and well i like them. Amy, a girl from kansas, is swept away in her trailer to the land of oz which no longer looks as it did in the original story. You might remember me as the other girl from kansas.
The book, which was produced through full fathom five, was released on april 1, 2014 through harpercollins and was preceded by the novella no place like oz. The novellas are set prior to the novels in the series. Her mother and father aunt em and toto her mother and star she lives alone previous. I just finished the last 3 chapters they made available and omg. There s no way around this one, it was very slow in the middleish the beginning was okay paced but the middle slowed down considerably.
Theres a fourth new tv series based on the oz books. After her adventures in the first book, amy gumm continues her journey through oz to steal the lions courage and the scarecrows brains and to kill dorothy. But stepping onto the yellow brick road i saw a million other possibilities stretching out in front of me, some darker and twistier than the oz we are used to, and i couldnt resist. Years ago, dorothy returned to oz and became obsessed with magic.
Everyone knows the tin woodman as dorothy s lovable sidekick, the tin man who longed for a real heart to beat inside his tin chest. Theres still the yellow brick road, thoughbut even thats crumbling. My name is amy gumm and im the other girl from kansas. I havent read the novellas yet but im hoping to get to them soon. This series has gradually gotten better with each book, and i love how much each and every character has developed. The plot for this series was very drawn out and what little plot there was in yellow brick war was rushed. Prior to becoming a ya author, she worked in television, winning a writers guild of america award as well as being nominated for several daytime emmys. Baums classic 1900 childrens book the wonderful wizard of oz and the 1933 movie teens are familiar with.
Cbss dorothy, which is apparently a medical drama, of all things. There seems to be a rule of diminishing returns with young adult series with only, to my knowledge, ransom riggs sequel to miss peregrines home for peculiar children. There s a destructive tornado, a person melts, flying monkeys get their wings clipped, souls are eaten, a persons arms get taken off, people and animals are experimented on, a persons corpse is reanimated, an animals crushed and stabbed. The main problem in this book is that dorothy has gone crazy and rules out ozma and starts to take control over all of oz, but not in a good way. Ive been recruited by the revolutionary order of the wicked. Amy gumm, a modern teen from kansas, is swept up in a tornado and brought to oz to be its new savior. Now im following the road of yellow brick as it helps me escape toward the mysterious land of ev, where the. Amy gumm, a high school student living in kansas, has a dismal life. The order move on with their main plan, magically disguising amy as a maid in the.
Sep 12, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. However, some of these books are yet to be released to the public. This series has been predictable and really cheesy at times but i still found myself enjoying it. The series is meant as a followupreimagining to the wonderful wizard of oz by l. The novellas are all a prequel arc so theyre not necessary to read, only if you want to be fully immersed into the world. When a tornado swept me away to the magical land of oz, i was given a mission. My name is amy gummand im the other girl from kansas.