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What if saving someone you love means breaking rules that protect everyone else?
Ojo lives with his quiet uncle, Unc Nunkie, in a remote corner of Munchkin country. Food runs short, and Ojo believes he is unlucky. Then a magical accident turns his uncle and Margolotte into marble statues. The Crooked Magician can make a remedy, but Ojo must search across Oz for rare ingredients.
Along comes Scraps, a girl made from scraps of cloth and meant to serve in a household. Ojo adds extra qualities to her brains before she comes to life, and obedience is not her strength. With a vain glass cat and the square-bodied Woozy among his companions, his rescue quest becomes a tangle of clashing ideas and difficult choices.
What you’ll discover
- A mind of her own Meet Scraps, whose unruly imagination makes her far more than the servant Margolotte intends.
- Love against the rules Follow Ojo as saving his uncle comes into conflict with other people's safety.
- Companions full of opinions Enjoy playful arguments among creatures with sharply different ideas about their own importance.
- A search across Oz Travel with an unlucky boy whose hope rests on finding rare ingredients.
- Straw meets patchwork Find the Scarecrow in lively company as Scraps brings her inventive mind into his world.
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Readers who enjoy eccentric travelling companions, cheerful nonsense, and a rescue quest with real moral obstacles will especially enjoy this Oz adventure.
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Who’s who
- OjoA Munchkin boy who believes he is unlucky and undertakes a difficult journey to save his uncle.
- ScrapsThe Patchwork Girl comes to life with an inventive mind and refuses to settle into the role of obedient servant.
- Unc NunkieOjo's quiet uncle becomes a marble statue after a magical accident.
- The Crooked MagicianHis magical experiments create the emergency, and his proposed cure sends Ojo searching across Oz.
- The WoozyThis square-bodied creature becomes one of Ojo's unusual companions during the search for ingredients.
- The ScarecrowOz's familiar straw-filled thinker finds a lively companion in Scraps.
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Ojo lives with his quiet uncle, Unc Nunkie, in a remote part of the Munchkin country. Food is running short, and Ojo thinks of himself as unlucky. When they leave home to seek help, they visit a magician known as the Crooked Magician and his wife, Margolotte. Their house offers both hospitality and a dangerous lesson in what magic can do.
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L. Frank Baum
1856–1919 · American children's fantasy writer
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American author of children’s books. He was born in Chittenango, New York, and later lived in South Dakota, Chicago, and California. He published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and wrote thirteen further Oz novels. He died in Hollywood, California.
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What is The Patchwork Girl of Oz about?
Ojo must gather rare ingredients for a remedy after a magical accident turns his uncle into marble. He travels through Oz with Scraps, a newly living girl made from patchwork cloth, whose energy and independence make the rescue mission both harder and more entertaining.
Who is Scraps in the Oz books?
Scraps is the Patchwork Girl, created by Margolotte and brought to life with the Crooked Magician's Powder of Life. She is supposed to be a servant, but her unusually lively mind makes her playful, outspoken, and determined to do as she pleases.
Where does The Patchwork Girl of Oz fit in the series?
Published in 1913, The Patchwork Girl of Oz is the seventh Oz novel by L. Frank Baum. It introduces Ojo and Scraps while bringing back Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and other established figures. Its central adventure follows the new characters rather than retelling Dorothy's first journey.
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