{"product_id":"yellow-brick-war-isbn-9780062280732","title":"Yellow Brick War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, a dark fantasy adventure, new girl from Kansas Amy Gumm is caught between her home—and Oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy 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: anti-heroine assassin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way to stop Dorothy from destroying Oz—and Kansas—is to kill her. And I’m the only one who can do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy will make sure I never get to go home again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it’s up to me to join the Witches, fight for Oz, save Kansas, and stop Dorothy once and for all in the bloody yellow brick war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with the witches’ loyalties uncertain and a new, ancient evil rising, can one girl from Kansas really save two worlds?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Dark Wizard of Oz Retelling:\u003c\/b\u003e Forget the ruby slippers. In an Oz where Good is Wicked, Amy Gumm must join the surviving Wicked Witches on a mission to assassinate the tyrannical Dorothy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHigh-Stakes Portal Fantasy:\u003c\/b\u003e When the battle bleeds from Oz into the heart of Kansas, Amy discovers that if she can’t close the portal between worlds, she might not have a home to go back to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnemies to Allies:\u003c\/b\u003e Forced to rely on Nox, the brooding witch who trained her, Amy must fight alongside him even as she questions the Order’s secrets and his true loyalties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Ancient Evil Awakens:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy isn’t the only threat. As a new war begins, Amy realizes a far more dangerous power has been pulling the strings all along, and it wants her for its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, there was a girl from Kansas named Dorothy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou might know her as the Girl Who Rode the Cyclone. She ended up in Oz, where she became friends with the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. But the temptation of magic was too much for her. She let it change her. Her friends became twisted versions of their former selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magical land of Oz is now a dark and menacing place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy name is Amy Gumm. Tornadoes must have a thing about girls from Kansas, because I got swept away on one too. I also landed in Oz, where Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good, and the Wicked Witches clued me in to my true calling:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssassin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only way to stop Dorothy from destroying Oz—and Kansas—is to kill her. And I’m the only one who can do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I failed. Others died for my mistakes. Because of me, the portal between the worlds has been opened and Kansas and Oz are both in danger. And if I don’t find a way to close it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy will make sure I never get to go home again.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003ePraise 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNerdist.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paige delivers a solid, intense, and strange narrative that draws deeply on its source material.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paige is creating a rather brilliantly twisted version of the familiar world of Oz, continuing to turn references from the original works on their heads, subverting any notions of good and evil, and establishing a place of power-hungry players and shifting alliances that will have readers wondering whom they can trust.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paige is creating a rather brilliantly twisted version of the familiar world of Oz.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paige has embellished upon the original Wizard of Oz story to create a completely new, even more bizarre Oz and cast of characters. 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