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Sky Island

Sky Island

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Number of Chapters: 30

Length: 5 hours and 40 minutes

Language: English

Sky Island (1912) was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion, the old sailorman, Cap’n Bill. Baum had hoped to end the Oz series in 1910 and the following year he introduced Trot and Cap’n Bill in The Sea Fairies. In Sky Island, they journey to an island in the sky by means of an enchanted umbrella belonging to Button Bright, a character who first appeared in The Road to Oz (1909). The trio is then captured by the Boolaroo of the Blues, a monarch who is both comical and dangerous, escape to the country of the “Pinks”, and eventually regain the magic umbrella and return back to earth. This is one of Baum’s best fantasy books and contains enough not-so-veiled commentary on race and politics to interest adults as well. However, it (and The Sea Fairies) did not sell as well as the Oz books and Baum resumed writing them in 1913. He subsequently brought Trot and Cap’n Bill to Oz in 1915 in The Scarecrow of Oz. (Summary by Judy Bieber)

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Chapter 01 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 02 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 03 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 04 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 05 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 06 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 07 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 08 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 09 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 10 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 11 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 12 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 13 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 14 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 15 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 16 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 17 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 18 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 19 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 20 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 21 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 22 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 23 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 24 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 25 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 26 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 27 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 28 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 29 (Judy Bieber)
Chapter 30 (Judy Bieber)
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