06.27.05
The Emerald Wand of Oz - First Day
Ok, I just started reading The Emerald Wand of Oz by Sherwood Smith. It is a brand new Oz book “authorized” by the Baum Trust and published by HarperCollins. It’s interesting. I really liked the first chapter, which took place in the palace of the Emerald City and focused on Ozma and Glinda. After that, I started to have doubts. The book so far (after the first chapter) has centered on two little girls from modern day Kansas named “Em” and “Dori”. They are supposedly somehow related to Dorothy Gale. Dori has a magic snow globe from Oz that can show her what is happening to Ozma. This worries me because is reminds me uncomfortably of Dorothy - Return to Oz by Thomas L. Tedrow, which was a positively dreadful book. I hope it gets better! I really want this book to be good!