Her innocent ruby slippers are now killer red heels that are the source of her power. Whether she is now a good witch or a bad witch is definitely up for debate.ĭorothy Gale: After ditching Kansas again and returning to Oz, Dorothy takes over as ruler and is seriously corrupted by magic. Amy is whisked away from her trailer park in Kansas by a tornado and deposited in this no-so-wonderful world. Her world building is fascinating." - ALA Booklist "For anyone who likes a good story turned on its head, Dorothy Must Die is a must-read." - Huffington Post "The Wizard of Oz as you've never seen it.**********WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO CROSS THE SPOILER THRESHOLD!!**********Īmy Gumm: Our pink-haired heroine and possible savior of Oz.
Frank Baum would be proud because Danielle Paige really makes Oz-even a modern, dystopian version of it-her own in the enjoyable sequel to Dorothy Must Die." - USA Today "Paige is creating a rather brilliantly twisted version of the familiar world of Oz." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Paige has embellished upon the original Wizard of Oz story to create a completely new, even more bizarre Oz and cast of characters. Howard's Splintered, Frank Beddor's Looking Glass Wars, and TV shows such as Once Upon a Time and Grimm." - School Library Journal "Paige delivers a solid, intense, and strange narrative that draws deeply on its source material." - Publishers Weekly "L. Give this cinematic upper-YA novel to fans of A. For those willing to go on a quest with a heroine more attuned to our times than the Dust Bowl era, there's no place like it." - USA Today "Paige doesn't hold back in this fast-paced action novel. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything." - "Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. Praise for the DOROTHY MUST DIE series: "Readers of Baum's books will take special delight in seeing new twists on the old characters, and they will greet the surprise climactic turnabout with the smugness of insiders." - Kirkus Reviews "Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature.
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