This book features yet another island which floats in the sky: Umbrella Island, which flies by virtue of a huge umbrella with lifting and shielding powers. The king is not very good at steering the flying island; he bumps it into a giant's head. For compensation, Loxo, the great brute, demands the King's daughter Gureeda, whom he mistakes for a boy, as a servant to lace his huge boots. However, he grants the Umbrella Islanders three months to train the child to be a bootlacer.
Meanwhile, the boy Speedy (from The Yellow Knight of Oz) returns for another adventure. While inspecting a dinosaur skeleton, Speedy is blown by a geyser into the air. The skeleton comes magically to life and becomes Terrybubble, a live dinosaur skeleton. Terrybubble and Speedy land on Umbrella Island. Speedy develops a friendship with Princess Gureeda. He also becomes friendly with the island's resident wizard, Waddy. An unscrupulous minister, however, notices that Speedy and Gureeda look very much alike and could pass for fraternal twins.[1] He hatches a plot to compensate the giant by handing Speedy over to him as a slave instead of Gureeda. Terrybubble learns of this plot, and he parachutes off the island with Speedy and Gureeda. All three are captured by Loxo, and it is up to the wizard Waddy to save them.
Aside from a brief consultation with Princess Ozma and her advisers, the book deals exclusively with characters of Thompson's creation.
Copyright statusedit
Under current United States copyright laws, Speedy in Oz is scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1, 2030. All of Thompson's subsequent Oz books for Reilly had their copyrights expire prematurely, thus this will be the last copyright in the series to lapse.
Referencesedit
^Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; pp. 87, 200, 210.
speedy, 1934, twenty, eighth, series, books, created, frank, baum, successors, fourteenth, written, ruth, plumly, thompson, illustrated, john, neill, cover, this, book, features, another, island, which, floats, umbrella, island, which, flies, virtue, huge, umb. Speedy in Oz 1934 is the twenty eighth in the series of Oz books created by L Frank Baum and his successors and the fourteenth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson It was Illustrated by John R Neill Cover of Speedy in Oz This book features yet another island which floats in the sky Umbrella Island which flies by virtue of a huge umbrella with lifting and shielding powers The king is not very good at steering the flying island he bumps it into a giant s head For compensation Loxo the great brute demands the King s daughter Gureeda whom he mistakes for a boy as a servant to lace his huge boots However he grants the Umbrella Islanders three months to train the child to be a bootlacer Meanwhile the boy Speedy from The Yellow Knight of Oz returns for another adventure While inspecting a dinosaur skeleton Speedy is blown by a geyser into the air The skeleton comes magically to life and becomes Terrybubble a live dinosaur skeleton Terrybubble and Speedy land on Umbrella Island Speedy develops a friendship with Princess Gureeda He also becomes friendly with the island s resident wizard Waddy An unscrupulous minister however notices that Speedy and Gureeda look very much alike and could pass for fraternal twins 1 He hatches a plot to compensate the giant by handing Speedy over to him as a slave instead of Gureeda Terrybubble learns of this plot and he parachutes off the island with Speedy and Gureeda All three are captured by Loxo and it is up to the wizard Waddy to save them Aside from a brief consultation with Princess Ozma and her advisers the book deals exclusively with characters of Thompson s creation Copyright status editUnder current United States copyright laws Speedy in Oz is scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1 2030 All of Thompson s subsequent Oz books for Reilly had their copyrights expire prematurely thus this will be the last copyright in the series to lapse References edit Jack Snow Who s Who in Oz Chicago Reilly amp Lee 1954 New York Peter Bedrick Books 1988 pp 87 200 210 External links editOn Speedy in Oz Speedy in Oz title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseThe Oz booksPrevious book Ojo in Oz Speedy in Oz1934 Next book The Wishing Horse of Oz nbsp Children s literature portal nbsp Novels portal nbsp This article relating to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz or one of its derivative works is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a children s fantasy novel of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speedy in Oz amp oldid 1174756773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
