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The Runaway in Oz is an unofficial follow-up to the Oz series by long-time Oz illustrator John R. Neill, published posthumuously in 1995. It was originally written in 1943, and was meant to be the thirty-seventh novel entry in the Oz series, but Neill died before editing or illustrating the book. [ 1 ]
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On the eve of an important ceremony in the Emerald City, the Patchwork Girl, makes a bigger nuisance of herself than usual. After confrontations with Jellia Jamb and Jenny Jump, Scraps runs away on her spoolicle (a bicycle made of thread spools). She goes to Jinjur's Munchkin Countryfarm, but Jinjur tries to put her to work, so Scraps leaves quickl...
Another version of the book exists as A Runaway in Oz, printed privately and edited by Fred M. Meyer, longtime secretary of The International Wizard of Oz Club. Neill's preliminary sketches for the book have survived, and were published in The Baum Buglein 2001. Jack endures another period of headlessness in Baum's story "Jack Pumpkinhead and the S...
Eric Shanower. "The Wicked Witch, the Runaway, and Me." The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 3 (Winter 2001), pp. 13-26."John Neill's Sketches for The Runaway in Oz." The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 3 (Winter 2001), pp. 24-7.The Runaway in Oz. John R. Neill. 3.71. 34 ratings5 reviews. Running away from Oz, Scraps, the patchwork girl, encounters the Wogglebug's castle in the air, Fanny the Weather Witch, and Popla, a power plant. Genres Fantasy ChildrensFiction. 242 pages, Hardcover. First published May 1, 1995. Book details & editions. About the author. John R. Neill.
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Jan 1, 1995 · 'The Runaway In Oz' portrays Scraps as immature, callous, irresponsible, willful, and vain while simultaneously revealing her foresight, courage, intelligence, determination, concern for others, and eventual common sense and humility.
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For your enjoyment, an unusual hardcover copy of the Runaway in Oz by John R. Neill, illustrated and inscribed by Eric Shanower including a small Patchwork Girl drawing. Published in 1995 by Books of Wonder. 242 pages, hardcover in original dust jacket. Beautiful blue illustrated endpapers.
The Runaway in Oz is an Oz book by long-time Oz illustrator John R. Neill. It was written originally during 1943 and was meant to be the thirty-seventh book in the Oz series. However, Neill died before he could edit or illustrate the book.
But Runaway beats them all. Still, Runaway has a few issues. Is Scraps REALLY that immature? How is Fanny in control of all the weather in the world and yet we've never heard of her in any of the previous Oz books?
