The Wicked Will Rise

Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 25, 2015

Review

The second installment in Paige's Wizard of Oz remake, The Wicked Will Rise tells us Amy's continuing story travelling through a broken Oz and trying to figure out both what her destiny is and who to trust. This book focuses more on Amy and her relationships with Ozma, Pete, and Nox, instead of with the older witches and Dorothy. The book ends with a big change and then a cliffhanger. This book was slightly better than the first, because it introduced us to more of the original characters instead of approximations of Baum's characters. We also see more of this version of Oz, including the magnificent place where the flying monkeys live. A must purchase for libraries where Dorothy Must Die was popular; otherwise an additional purchase.

Overall Book Score: good