Dorothy Must Die Stories: No Place Like Oz, The Witch Must Burn, The Wizard Returns

by Danielle Paige

Overview

A collection of three prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series by Danielle Paige!

These three prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series follow the iconic characters from the beloved classic The Wizard of Oz as their lives intertwine to bring about the downfall of Oz. Dorothy begins a journey down a darker path. Glinda the Good Witch may not be so Good. And the Wizard realizes that Oz is his destiny. Kiss the land where troubles melt like lemon drops goodbye. Here there's danger around every corner and magical shoes won't be able to save you.

Long before Amy Gumm got swept away from a Kansas trailer park . . . Dorothy Gale received a mysterious package on the night of her 16th birthday: a pair of red high-heeled shoes. And with a knock of her heels, Dorothy returned to the magical land that made her a star—and Oz would never be the same again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062280794
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	03/03/2015
Series:	Dorothy Must Die Series
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	82,830
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Danielle Paige is a graduate of Columbia University and the author of the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series. Before turning to young adult literature, she worked in the television industry, where she received a Writers Guild of America Award and was nominated for several Daytime Emmys. She currently lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR DOROTHY MUST DIE: “Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. 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

“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. You’ve got empowered heroines, sure, but Paige also conjures a formidable villainess in Dorothy and some manipulative lady revolutionaries. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything. This really is a woman’s world.” — Nerdist.com

“Debut author Paige doesn’t hold back in this fast-paced action novel. Give this cinematic upper-YA novel to fans of A. G. 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

“[Dorothy Must Die] strikes a similar tone to Marisa Meyer’s Cinder series, with its blend of fantasy, humor, and horror, and it will likely inspire fans of that series to make their way to the Emerald City.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“Paige has spirited readers back to The Wizard of Oz. It’s a classic made more sinister.” — ALA Booklist

From the Publisher

Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature. You’ve got empowered heroines, sure, but Paige also conjures a formidable villainess in Dorothy and some manipulative lady revolutionaries. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything. This really is a woman’s world.

Nerdist.com

PRAISE FOR DOROTHY MUST DIE: “Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. 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 has spirited readers back to The Wizard of Oz. It’s a classic made more sinister.

ALA Booklist

[Dorothy Must Die] strikes a similar tone to Marisa Meyer’s Cinder series, with its blend of fantasy, humor, and horror, and it will likely inspire fans of that series to make their way to the Emerald City.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

[Dorothy Must Die] strikes a similar tone to Marisa Meyer’s Cinder series, with its blend of fantasy, humor, and horror, and it will likely inspire fans of that series to make their way to the Emerald City.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

PRAISE FOR DOROTHY MUST DIE: “Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. 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

04/01/2015
Gr 9 Up—Previously published as individual ebooks, three prequel novellas to Paige's Dorothy Must Die (HarperCollins, 2014) are collected in one wonder-filled volume. Each entry takes place after Dorothy's original visit to Oz but before the events of the series opener. In "No Place Like Oz," Dorothy is back in Kansas but no longer content with her drab home after the glamorous and action-packed adventures she left behind in Oz. Surprised with mysterious glittery red shoes for her 16th birthday, she uses their magic to whisk her family back to Oz. Even there, her discontent and hunger for more power grows, and when the opportunity arises to usurp Ozma's throne, she seizes it at great cost. In "The Witch Must Burn," readers are given more insight into Jellia's character and background. Formerly Ozma's attendant and now one of Dorothy's head maids, she has seen the chaos that the new despot's and evil Glinda's rages have wrought. Readers are reunited with Nox and the other members of the WICKED group trying to overthrow Dorothy, and the seeds for the revolution are slowly sown. In "The Wizard Returns," Pete (or Ozma's alter ego) puts the con man to the test: with no memory of his past wrongdoings, will the Wizard continue to make the same mistakes? Or is he capable of being selfless, thereby becoming a possible ally in the fight to free Oz from tyranny? Readers get an even greater sense of the power plays and double alliances that have plagued Oz for generations. These tales can be read as standalones. VERDICT Paige continues to weave an intricate spell that will delight series fans.—Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal

School Library Journal