Give this cinematic upper-YA novel to fans of A. Frank Baum., Debut author Paige doesn't hold back in this fast-paced action novel. Her world building is fascinating., Paige's world building is intriguing and effectively augments the original world created by L. This really is a woman's world., Paige has embellished upon the original Wizard of Oz story to create a completely new, even more bizarre Oz and cast of characters.

Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything. You've got empowered heroines, sure, but Paige also conjures a formidable villainess in Dorothy and some manipulative lady revolutionaries. 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., PRAISE FOR DOROTHY MUST DIE: '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.', Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature. PRAISE FOR DOROTHY MUST DIE:'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.', Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. Somehow, across a twisted and divided land, I have to find the Order, protect the true ruler of Oz, take Dorothy and her henchmen down-and try to figure out what I'm really doing here. And the home I couldn't wait to leave behind might be in danger. Except my job as assassin didn't work out as planned. And the Wicked Witches who were left? They'd joined forces as the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, and they wanted to recruit me. Glinda could no longer be called the Good Witch.

Dorothy had returned, but she was now a ruthless dictator. But it wasn't like the Oz I knew from books and movies.

After a tornado swept through my trailer park, I ended up in Oz. My name is Amy Gumm-and I'm the other girl from Kansas. In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Dorothy Must Die, who is good-and who is actually Wicked? The Wicked Will Rise is perfect for fans of richly reimagined fairy tales and classic tales like Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles and Gregory Maguire's Wicked.

The wicked will rise by danielle paige