She had been both good and wicked and then everything in between. I binged this series in a few days- It was so much fun. The best cliff hanger was book one, Dorothy Must Die. My favorite book was book two, The Wicked Will Rise. There are four books in the main series, the other books in the universe explore what happened before Amy Gumm arrived in Oz. Amy learn very quickly, there is a lot we do not know about Oz. You follow Amy as she is thrown into the cruelty of Oz. She grapples with darkness as she learns to wield magic to save Oz and defeat the evil queen Dorothy, yes the famous Dorothy. Paige was able to reimagine Oz with complexities I didn’t know I needed- that you need to explore.Īmy Gumm, the main character, is the other girl from Kanans. I loved every minute I spent with Amy Gumm and her wicked crew. If you are a fan of the movie The Wizard of Oz you need to get your hands on the YA Dorothy Must Die series by Danielle Paige. What happened here?” Indigo’s impassive face twisted into a snarl. The property originated at James Frey’s book-packaging company Full Fathom Five, with him and Todd Cohen, President of Film and Television, exec producing alongside Armus, Foster and Kring.“They talk about Oz where I’m from. The book will be published by HarperTeen next April, with digital prequel novella, No Place Like Oz, available now. But when another young woman from Kansas is swept up in a tornado and magically dropped into this war-torn Oz, our hero discovers a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted beings only to learn that she is destined to lead their people in the fight to reclaim Oz from a power-hungry Dorothy’s ruthless clutches. In reality, the magically-ever-youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, presiding over a now fascist fairyland with her perfectly manicured iron fist and the help of her henchmen – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. It is a revisionist take on the classic tale se t in present day, 80 years after Dorothy Gale supposedly came home. Written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising, I hear the project is based on the upcoming young adult novel Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. I’ve learned that the CW is in negotiations for Dorothy Must Die, a drama from the Heroes trio of creator/exec producer Tim Kring and exec producers Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. EXCLUSIVE: The summer of Wizard Of Oz continues with another sale of a high-profile Oz-themed drama project.

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