- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey; 1st printing edition (Aug 12 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345337050
- ISBN-13: 978-0345337054
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.9 x 21.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 372 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #737,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A true Thompson book!,
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This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
This is Thompson at her best! Although OZ is at the end, it's a wonderful new story about SPEEDY from THE YELLOW KNIGHT OF OZ and how he, Princess Gureeda and Terrybubble the Dinosaur skeleton save Oz from the terrifying giant Loxo!
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Speedy Gets a Love Life,
By John A Lee III "jal3" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
Perhaps the biggest criticism of Thompson's continuation of the Oz series is that in most of her books, the characters wander from strange place to ever stranger strange places without much point to their wanderings. It seems just an excuse to show off some novel idea for a new community of Oz inhabitants. This, by itself, is not a bad thing but is seldom does as much to advance the story as one would wish. This volume is completely different.Speedy, the boy from America and one of Thompson's own characters, finds himself on Umbrella Island in the company of a reanimated, fossilized dinosaur. He pretty much stays on the island for most of this story. It is the island that does the wandering since it floats in the sky. The problem is that the island had recently run into a grumpy giant who expects to get the royal princess as a slave by way of compensatory damages. The story is of how this terrible fate is avoided. As is usual, Thompson does best when her own creations are at the forefront and her predecessor's are just backdrop. This is a good story which should appeal to all children, even 41 year old ones like me. Also, it looks like wedding bells may be in Speedy's future. 5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A true Thompson book!,
By Justin Richards - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
This is Thompson at her best! Although OZ is at the end, it's a wonderful new story about SPEEDY from THE YELLOW KNIGHT OF OZ and how he, Princess Gureeda and Terrybubble the Dinosaur skeleton save Oz from the terrifying giant Loxo!
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of Thompson's better ones,
By Richard Capwell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Speedy in Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No 28) (Paperback)
Though I am a rabid fan of every one of Baum's original Oz Books, I am not overly fond of every book offered by his successor. Her take on Oz is sometimes too frantic and rambunctious, without any of Baum's gentle wisdom or humor. "Speedy in Oz," though, is one of Thompson's best, with a strong male lead and a delightful new character, Terrybubble, a set of dinosaur bones that has come to life.
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