The Emerald City of Oz
1910
The Nome King broods in his underground kingdom, nursing a furious grudge. He has lost his Magic Belt to Princess Ozma, and now he marshals his forces for conquest of the Emerald City. Above ground, Dorothy Gale faces a different kind of danger: her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are losing their Kansas farm to debt and ruin. Dorothy knows only one place can save them. She brings her family through the magical gates of Oz, into a city of impossible beauty where every building glitters with emeralds and the streets sing with color. But the Nome King's invasion is coming, and this time the magic that has protected Oz may not be enough. This is Baum's most poignant Oz book: a story about what it means to have a home, and what we sacrifice to give the people we love one. It was meant to be his farewell to Oz. It still feels like one, tender and wise.
