The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Another book that needs no introduction. While it is not quite the same as the movie, the key pieces are there. Dorothy caught in a storm. An ensemble cast on an epic adventure. Each character having their own mini-adventures along the way. The final truth - that sometimes what you seek most is actually within you, just waiting to reveal itself â€“ as appropriate even today. Why it's on the list This story is written in a time when things were simpler. We knew who was good, who was bad, and everything was just a few degrees more innocent. Baum is able to create a story that skips along at a perfect pace, and no scene nor description is deep enough to slow the narrative down. Read if you like Oz is very similar to Alice in Wonderland in that the main character escapes to a different place, discovers the kind of person they truly are, and then returns to their lives with new purpose.

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