Through perseverance the group gets through to the palace of the Nome King only to find that the royal family has been turned into knick-knacks to add to the King's collection. When she and Dorothy meet, Dorothy agrees to help with the rescue.The way is fraught with challenges and evil creatures who want to do harm to them. The Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Billina the talking Yellow Hen and a few more characters are with her on the quest. On this trip she meets Princess Ozma of Oz, the ruler of Oz.Ozma is on her way to rescue the royal family of The Land of Ev from the evil King of the Nomes. You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.' Read moreĭorothy is back in the fantasy world. It keeps him busy and the young men who attend the college are no worse off than they were before. 174: 'That is the College of Art and Athletic Perfection.I had it built quite recently, and the Woggle-Bug is its president. All Dorothy's friends from the first book show up, along with a new Hungry Tiger, but they and Ozma are really secondary characters.Despite everyone's tender feelings and kindness, they have no compunction about destroying the Nome King's Army.As usual, Baum slips some social satire for adults into his tale, particularly skewering military pomp (26 officers and 1 private, and only the private has any courage, for which he receives his due reward).The snark about colleges being useless at the end of the book is still timely.p. No thoroughly committed to continuing the Oz series, Dorothy re-enters Oz through the Land of Ev on the other side of the desert (one wonders why Glinda didn't tell the Wizard about her magic carpet? However, Baum also conveniently forgets that the Wizard gave Ozma to Mombi in order to usurp her throne.) Billina the Hen, cast adrift with Dorothy when they go overboard ship in a storm, ends up being the heroine, by chance and temperament.

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