Toto
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- ¥1,700
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The true hero of The Wizard of Oz takes center stage in this brilliant, delightfully snarky reimagining from the author of The Library of the Unwritten.
“Heartfelt and often hilarious. . . . Toto takes his place among the pantheon of Very Good literary canines.”—The Washington Post
I was mostly a Good Dog until they sold me out to animal control, okay?
But if it’s a choice between Oz, with its creepy little singing dudes, and being behind bars in gray old Kansas, I’ll choose the place where animals talk and run the show for now, thanks.
It’s not my fault that the kid is stuck here too, or that she stumbled into a tug-of-war over a pair of slippers that don’t even taste good. Now one witch in good eyeliner calls her pretty and we’re off on a quest? Teenagers.
I try to tell her she’s falling in with the wrong crowd when she befriends a freaking hedge wizard made of straw, that blue jay with revolutionary aspirations, and the walking tin can. Still, I’m not one to judge when there’s the small matter of a coup in the Forest Kingdom....
Look, something really stinks in Oz, and this Wizard guy and the witches positively reek of it. As usual, it’s going to be up to a sensible little dog to do a big dog’s job and get to the bottom of it.
And trust me: Little dogs can get away with anything.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dorothy's dog takes center stage in this sharp retelling of The Wizard of Oz from Hackwith (The God of Lost Words). Dorothy and Toto are transported via tornado from present-day Kansas (which narrator Toto describes as a place "flat of geography and philosophy" where people "embraced gray as a state of mind"). Following the advice of good witch Glinda, they trek toward the Emerald City, along the way rescuing a scarecrow who has been cursed by witches for practicing hedge magic and teaming up with the tin man, a victim of the "Tartpatch Gang," whose leaders peddle conspiracy theories and promise the return of true masculinity. The cowardly lion also gets an updated backstory: when Toto, who's frustrated that, in Oz, everybody but Dorothy can understand him and decides to try on a new "Bad Dog" persona, joins a coup against the tiger ruling the forest, Lion is labeled as cowardly for not accepting the brutal changeover. In the opulent Emerald City, the stark caste system favoring humans convinces Toto that Oz is rotten, but it'll take more to persuade Dorothy, who just wants to get home. Toto's witty voice and the intricate layers of scheming elevate this adventure beyond mere fan fiction. It's a treat.
