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To fight for Oz and save Kansas from power-hungry dictator Dorothy's latest plot, Amy teams up with the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked and finds herself working alongside the Wicked Witch of the West.Book Synopsis
In this action-packed third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, new girl from Kansas Amy Gumm is caught between her home--and Oz. Perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Danielle Paige delivers a dark, high-octane reimagining of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
My name is Amy Gumm. Tornadoes must have a thing about girls from Kansas, because--just like Dorothy--I got swept away on one too. I landed in Oz, where Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good, and the Wicked Witches clued me in to my true calling: Assassin.
The only way to stop Dorothy from destroying Oz--and Kansas--is to kill her. But I failed. Others died for my mistakes. Because of me, the portal between the worlds has been opened. And if I don't find a way to close it?
Dorothy will make sure I never go home again.
Now it's up to me to: join the Witches, fight for Oz, save Kansas, and stop Dorothy once and for all.
From the Back Cover
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A GIRL FROM KANSAS NAMED DOROTHY.
She ended up in Oz, where the temptation of magic was too much for her. She let it change her--for the worse. She turned evil. But Dorothy isn't the only girl from Kansas.
My name is Amy Gumm. A tornado left me in a twisted version of Oz, where Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good, and the Wicked Witches clued me in to my true calling:
ASSASSIN.
Dorothy will destroy Oz--and Kansas--unless I kill her first. But I've made mistakes. Because of me the portal between the worlds has been opened. And if I don't find a way to close it? Dorothy will make sure I never go home again.
Review Quotes
"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 delivers a solid, intense, and strange narrative that draws deeply on its source material."--Publishers Weekly "Paige has embellished upon the original Wizard of Oz story to create a completely new, even more bizarre Oz and cast of characters. Her world building is fascinating."--Booklist 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. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything."--Nerdist.com "For anyone who likes a good story turned on its head, Dorothy Must Die is a must-read."--Huffington Post "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 is creating a rather brilliantly twisted version of the familiar world of Oz."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Paige's world building is intriguing and effectively augments the original world created by L. Frank Baum."--ALA Booklist "The Wizard of Oz as you've never seen it."--Teen Vogue
