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Readers who love fairylands, talking creatures and wordplay will feel at home here, as will families who want a quest story with big laughs and a warm heart, and anyone who enjoys a heroine made of scraps.
Che cos’è questo libro
The Patchwork Girl of Oz is a children's fantasy by L. Frank Baum, the ninth of his Oz books, published in 1913. It opens with a short note from the author. He tells how the Land of Oz was cut off from the world, and how a wireless message let him hear Oz news again from Princess Dorothy.
The story that follows is full of oddities. A girl is sewn from an old bed quilt and brought to life by magic. A cat made of glass is proud of her pink brains. A square animal called the Woozy is made entirely of squares and has a good-humored face. At the heart of it all is a Munchkin boy named Ojo, who must travel across Oz to save the uncle he loves.
You get a quest with five strange things to find, a cast of sharp-tongued companions, and a country where kindness is law. You also get a good deal of nonsense verse and wordplay. Let us start with a boy, an empty cupboard and a very quiet old man.
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- 1A hungry boy leaves the forestFree
- 2A servant sewn from a quilt
- 3A terrible accident and a five-part errand
- 4Strange companions on the blue road
- 5The Shaggy Man and the tricks of the road
- 6A six-leaved clover and an arrest
- 7Down to the dark well
- 8A trick river and a tin castle
- 9What the story says and how it speaks
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A hungry boy leaves the forest
The story begins in a lonely round house deep in the Blue Forest of the Munchkin Country. Ojo lives there with his uncle, Unc Nunkie, who is known as the Silent One. Unc speaks so seldom that Ojo has learned to read whole sentences in a single word. On this day the cupboard holds nothing but dry bread, and the bread tree in the yard has only two loaves left, neither ripe.
Ojo reasons that no one starves in Oz, but you may have to go where the food is. His uncle, who rarely argues, finally stays awake all night thinking. At dawn he wakes the boy with one word, which is come. They latch the door and climb the mountain path toward the house of their nearest neighbor.
That neighbor is Dr. Pipt, the Crooked Magician, and his wife Margolotte lives with him there. Their blue house sits in a garden of cake trees, bun trees and blue buttercups that give blue butter. Margolotte welcomes the travelers with a feast of blue stew, blue peas and blue pudding. She also names the boy Ojo the Unlucky and tells him he might lose that Un if he is lucky on his travels.
Then she takes the two visitors into the workshop. There the Magician is stirring four kettles at once, two with his hands and two with ladles strapped to his feet. He is so crooked that his legs work as well as his arms. The kettles hold the Powder of Life, which brings anything to life when sprinkled on it, and which has taken him nearly six years to make.
Margolotte explains how the Powder once made Jack Pumpkinhead live and how it gave life to a glass cat. She says the Powder is meant for something she has sewn herself. Ojo, who has never seen anything stranger than his own woods, leans forward to ask what that could be.
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Questions about La ragazza Patchwork di Oz
What is The Patchwork Girl of Oz about?
A Munchkin boy named Ojo must find five magic ingredients to save his uncle, who has been turned to marble. He travels across Oz with a girl made from a patchwork quilt, a glass cat and a square animal called the Woozy.
Who is Scraps in The Patchwork Girl of Oz?
Scraps is a girl sewn from an old patchwork quilt and stuffed with cotton. She comes to life by magic powder and has too many brains, which makes her funny, brave and fond of silly rhymes and songs.
Is The Patchwork Girl of Oz part of a series?
Yes. L. Frank Baum wrote it as part of his Oz books, and it features characters like Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. You can still enjoy it on its own, since the story explains each person as they appear.
Who is Ojo the Unlucky?
Ojo is a young Munchkin boy who grew up alone with his silent uncle in a forest. Others call him the Unlucky, and he believes it, but his courage and loyalty show him that luck depends on what you do.
Is The Patchwork Girl of Oz easy to read?
It is written in plain, lively language with short chapters and a lot of dialogue. Each chapter brings a new place or creature, so the quest moves quickly, and the verses and puns add humor that is easy to enjoy.