Reading this you can really tell that Baum was pressured into writing the wizard of Oz sequel. This is nowhere near as good, the characters are poor, they are friends but bicker and fight all the time. In the story there was one really good scene and that's when the Gump crashes into the Hacksaw's nest, you got a glimpse of what the story could have been. The ending and identity of Ozma was really creepy, very odd stuff.

Never mind though, my daughter enjoyed in and it has been nice to move past the first book.