First Quarter SSR

First Quarter SSR "Dorothy Must Die"

This quarter I read “Dorothy Must Die” by Danielle Paige. This book is fiction and has 452 pages. The main character Amy Gumm is 16 and from the small and boring town of Dusty Acres,  Kansas. At school she is bullied by the pregnant Madison Pendleton and many others. Then one day she is sitting inside of her trailer house that gets swept away. When she wakes up she finds out that she has landed in Oz. The same Oz that Dorothy Gale landed in from the famous book. Soon after being rescued by a boy named Pete she quickly discovers that Dorothy is harsh and power hungry leader. She steals the magic from Oz and enslaved all of the winged monkeys. Dorothy’s friends, The Tin Woodman, The Lion, The Scarecrow , and Toto are also evil and very loyal to Dorothy. Amy is quickly trained and taught how to use magic by a group of witches who have banded together to create the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. The only way to free the land of Oz is to get rid of Dorothy, but that means that Dorothy must die.

I really enjoyed this booked because it wasn’t like anything else I have read before. It gave a different view of the land of Oz. From watching the plays and reading the book we have learned that Oz is a beautiful place with wise leader. However in the book we learn that was beautiful, but has changed to a dark and dangerous place because the power hungry leader Dorothy is stealing the magic and is killing the land of Oz. Dorothy has also changed drastically from being a sweet and innocent girl on Auntie Em’ farm to are ruthless tyrant of Oz. I liked that the characters had a different and unexpected change in them. I enjoyed this book and would  read the rest of the series.