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"Trot, a girl from California, and her friend Cap'n Bill, a retired seaman with a wooden left leg, are out boating when they are sucked down a whirlpool and carried up to a beach (probably by mermaids) inside a cavern. Soon an Ork turns up, which is a funny bird with a parrot head, chopping bowl wings, four legs, and a propellor tail. After much crawling through caves and some flying, the three come out on an island, manage to shrink and re-grow themselves, and land on the mountain of the Bumpy Man in the Land of Mo (where it rains lemonade and snows popcorn). They pull Button-Bright out of a popcorn snowbank (and the fifth book, The Road to Oz) and eventually arrive in Jinxland, part of the Quadling Country of Oz. Here, King Krewl summons a wicked witch with an eyepatch known as Blinkie, who transforms Cap'n Bill into a grasshopper with a wooden leg. Since his niece, Princess Gloria, has fallen in love with a gardener boy named Pon but the king wants her to marry an old courtier named Googly-Goo, Krewl has the witch freeze Gloria's heart so she cannot love anyone. Glinda sends the Scarecrow to help Trot, Bill, Button-Bright, and the Ork to set everything aright. Eventually Dorothy and Betsy Bobbin come out to greet the new mortal additions to Oz as well. This is the ninth full-length story in the Oz series (1915)."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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"The Scarecrow yet again falls into center stage in this installment of the Land of Oz series. He's been captured by King Kruel, and two new characters are brought to Oz to rescue him. Not only must Trot and Cap'n Bill navigate Oz and save the Scarecrow, but they must also find Button Bright and bring everyone home safely."
Jessica Marler, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Scarecrow of Oz |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story
Yes
Plotlets:
- exploring a CUTESY fantasy world
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Water
- Mountains
- Forests
Earth setting:
- 20th century
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a primitive/fantasy society
- inhabited by friendly aliens
- unfriendly aliens
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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