“For anyone who likes a good story turned on its head, Dorothy Must Die is a must-read.” - Huffington Post It’s a classic made more sinister.” - ALA Booklist “Paige has spirited readers back to The Wizard of Oz. “ strikes a similar tone to Marisa Meyer’s Cinder series, with its blend of fantasy, humor, and horror, and it will likely inspire fans of that series to make their way to the Emerald City.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “Paige delivers a solid, intense, and strange narrative that draws deeply on its source material.” - Publishers Weekly Howard’s Splintered, Frank Beddor’s Looking Glass Wars, and TV shows such as Once Upon a Time and Grimm.” - School Library Journal Give this cinematic upper-YA novel to fans of A. “Debut author Paige doesn’t hold back in this fast-paced action novel. For those willing to go on a quest with a heroine more attuned to our times than the Dust Bowl era, there’s no place like it.” - USA Today “Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything. You’ve got empowered heroines, sure, but Paige also conjures a formidable villainess in Dorothy and some manipulative lady revolutionaries. “Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature. “Readers of Baum’s books will take special delight in seeing new twists on the old characters, and they will greet the surprise climactic turnabout with the smugness of insiders.” - Kirkus Reviews They say she seized power and the power went to her head. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. There's still a road of yellow brick-but even that's crumbling. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. But I never expected Oz to look like this.
I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado-taking you with it-you have no choice but to go along, you know? And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman's heart. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. My name is Amy Gumm-and I'm the other girl from Kansas. Start at the beginning and discover your new series to binge! The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige.
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