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The Magic of Oz

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00 – To My Readers
1:22
01 – Mount Munch
10:02
02 – The Hawk
5:43
03 – Two Bad Ones
14:11
04 – Conspirators
3:50
05 – A Happy Corner of Oz
11:28
06 – Ozma’s Birthday Presents
13:03
07 – The Forest of Gugu
6:48
08 – The Li-Mon-Eags Make Trouble
10:35
09 – The Isle of the Magic Flower
10:58
10 – Stuck Fast
8:40
11 – The Beasts of the Forest of Gugu
8:15
12 – Kiki Uses His Magic
10:44
13 – The Loss of the Black Bag
13:17
14 – The Wizard Learns the Magic Word
12:17
15 – The Lonesome Duck
12:26
16 – The Glass Cat Finds the Black Bag
11:08
17 – A Remarkable Journey
9:42
18 – The Magic of the Wizard
5:43
19 – Dorothy and the Bumble Bees
7:01
20 – The Monkeys Have Trouble
8:01
21 – The College of Athletic Arts
5:02
22 – Ozma’s Birthday Party
11:33
23 – The Fountain of Oblivion
9:05

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The Magic of Oz was published in 1919, the last Oz book Baum completed before his death. The main plot follows a young Munchkin named Kiki Aru, who has discovered the secret magic word PYRZQXGL, which can transform any creature into any other shape. Kiki teams up with the recovering Nome King Ruggedo, who has been banished from his underground kingdom in earlier books, to conquer Oz by transforming themselves into wild animals and rousing the beasts of the Forest of Gugu against Ozma's rule.

A parallel plotline follows Dorothy, the Wizard, Trot, Cap'n Bill, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger, who are searching for a magical birthday present for Princess Ozma involving a captured Magic Flower. The two plotlines converge in the wilderness. The Wizard learns the transformation word and uses it against the conspirators. The book has a satisfying late-Baum rhythm, with familiar characters performing recognizable roles. Knowing it was Baum's last Oz novel gives certain scenes an unintended poignancy.

About the author

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.

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