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What if keeping the peace means walking straight into a quarrel between a mountain dictator and a sorceress queen?
Ozma, the young ruler of Oz, learns that the Flatheads and the Skeezers may soon go to war. She sets out with Dorothy to stop them. Their journey leads through the wild hills of the Quadling country, where keeping people safe matters more than finding treasure.
The Flatheads keep their brains in cans. The Skeezers live in an island city beneath a glass dome. Their rulers, Su-Dic and Queen Coo-ee-oh, mistake fear for respect. As Ozma and Dorothy face this strange conflict, L. Frank Baum brings together playful magic, common sense and the dangers of pride.
What you’ll discover
- A mission for peace Follow Ozma as she goes herself to stop a quarrel from becoming a war.
- Dorothy's steady courage Travel beside a brave friend whose common sense helps her face unfamiliar dangers.
- A city beneath glass Explore the strange lake setting of the Skeezers and their power-hungry sorceress queen.
- Glinda's remarkable book Meet the gentle sorceress whose Great Book of Records holds everything happening in the world.
- Kindness against pride Discover a bright adventure that explores the cost of pride and the strength of kindness.
Who will love it
For readers who love gentle fantasy, odd magic and clever rescues, and anyone who wants to finish the Oz series. It will also please young listeners.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A war brews at the edge of Oz
- Two strange peoples and their quarrel
- Ozma and Dorothy set out
- A sorceress and her hidden city
- Trapped, and a friend far away
- What the story says and how it is told
Who’s who
- OzmaThe young fairy ruler of Oz, who wants to keep her people at peace and goes herself to stop a war.
- DorothyThe brave girl from Kansas, now a princess of Oz, who goes with Ozma and faces danger with common sense.
- GlindaThe wise and gentle sorceress of the south, who keeps the Great Book of Records and helps her friends.
- Su-DicThe proud Supreme Dictator of the Flatheads, whose people keep their brains in cans, and who wants to defend his mountain.
- Queen Coo-ee-ohThe sorceress queen of the Skeezers, who rules an island city under a dome and wants more power.
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Glinda d’Oz
by L. Frank Baum · 1920
Ozma and Dorothy venture into a far corner of Oz to stop a war between two proud peoples.
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Glinda of Oz is the fourteenth and last Oz book written by L. Frank Baum.
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A war brews at the edge of Oz
The story opens with Ozma, the girl ruler of Oz, and her friend Dorothy paying a visit to Glinda. Ozma learns that two peoples in the far mountains, the Flatheads and the Skeezers, are quarrelling and may soon fight. Ozma does not like the thought of any fighting in her land. She believes that every person in Oz is her subject and her friend, and that she should keep them safe.
Dorothy has often travelled in Oz, and she is ready to help. The two girls are not hurrying into danger by accident. Ozma wants to see the trouble herself and offer peace before any blood is shed. She is wise enough to know that a ruler who listens may stop a war that a ruler who sends soldiers cannot.
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What is Glinda of Oz about?
It tells how Ozma, the ruler of Oz, and her friend Dorothy travel to a far corner of the land to stop a war between two peoples, the Flatheads and the Skeezers, with help from Glinda the Good.
Is Glinda of Oz the last Oz book by Baum?
Yes. It is the fourteenth and final Oz book that L. Frank Baum wrote. It came out in 1920, after his death in 1919. Other writers later continued the series.
Who are the Flatheads in Oz?
They are a people who live on a mountain and have flat heads. They keep their brains in cans and choose which brain to use. Their ruler is called the Supreme Dictator.
The author
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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