L. Frank Baum 2 hr 42 min read

In the Forest of Gugu, the wicked Munchkin Kiki Aru discovers a secret word of transformation, and plots with the old Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz just before Ozma's birthday.

L. Frank Baum's 1919 novel is a delightful entry in the beloved Oz series, the last Baum wrote to see print in his lifetime. Warm, inventive, charming. Read it for a rousing Oz adventure of forbidden magic and a plot against Ozma, featuring the Glass Cat, the Wizard, and a magical word that turns anyone into anything.

In its time

Published in 1919, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

2 hr 42 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).