Dorothy Gale returns in this third entry in L. Frank Baums Oz series, after her notable absence in the second volume, The Marvelous Land of Oz.
Here you will meet such beloved old friends as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion. There she meets that oozy marvel: Tiktok, a wind-up mechanical man; a talking chicken, Billina; the Hungry Tiger, whose appetite is never quite satisfied; and Ozma, the girl Ruler of Oz who is leading a quest to rescue the royal family of Ev from their captivity by the Nome King.
She also meets some strange people too: Princess Langwidere who wears a different head a day and strange Wheelers with wheels for hands and feet.