Sky Island, L. Frank Baum
Sky Island, L. Frank Baum
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Sky Island

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: Rebecca K. Reynolds, Adam Verner

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

After an explanation of how the magic umbrella works, the two children, joined by Cap'n Bill, decide to take a trip to a nearby island; they call it "Sky island," because it looks like it's "halfway in the sky"—but the umbrella takes them to a different place entirely, a literal island in the sky.
 
 
 

About The Author

Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing. In 1900, he published his best-known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four “lost” novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. Baum died on May 6, 1919.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Theodore

Surprisingly, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ was not L. Frank Baum's favorite of his books; this one--SKY ISLAND--was. He wrote that he expected he would be most remembered for it, not for any of the Oz books. SKY ISLAND features a villain so fearsome and loathsome that he makes the Wicked Witch of the W......more

Goodreads review by Janet

A sequel to The Sea Fairies, and a much better story. Baum figured out how to write Trot - she is no longer rude, but still bold, outspoken, and honest. Button Bright shows up as well, and he is far more mature and interesting than in his early Oz appearances. The action packed plot works well, with......more

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