The Runaway in Oz

Hardcover $24.95
ISBN: 092960539X
242 pages

The Runaway in Oz
By John R. Neill
Illustrated by Eric Shanower

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Escape from your everyday life with
THE RUNAWAY IN OZ!

Scraps, the Patchwork Girl of Oz, is known for her high-spirited hijinks. But when she gets into trouble with some of the Emerald City's best known citizens, she decides that she is unappreciated and so runs away from home!

Setting off to find a way out of Oz, Scraps lands in more trouble when she accidentally sets the Wogglebug's new Castle in the Air adrift. But things look up when she meets Popla, a remarkable Power Plant. With her new botanical buddy, Scraps continues her journey only to be sent flying through the air by Fanny the Weather Witch!

Luckily, Scraps and Popla, along with a Twinkler from a Shooting Star, reach the Castle in the Air. Now they must find a way to control the Castle and survive the many perils of the sky. But will Scraps ever return to Oz and all her worried friends?

First written in 1943 and unpublished until 1995, The Runaway in Oz is John R. Neill's fourth and last Oz book. Surviving only in a manuscript lovingly preserved by his family, this long-awaited Oz story has been carefully edited and lavishly illustrated by Eric Shanower and is finally available for Oz fans everywhere to enjoy.

What people are saying about The Runaway in Oz:

"Neill illustrated over thirty Oz books during a period of four decades: before his death he completed the manuscript for his fourth Oz book, but died before it could illustrate it. Here it's been edited and illustrated by Eric Shanower, who provides numerous classic pictures to bring alive this story of the Patchwork Girl's latest adventures."
—Midwest Book Review