The Lost King of Oz

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name = The Lost King of Oz


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author = Ruth Plumly Thompson
illustrator = John R. Neill
country = United States
language = English
series = The Oz books
genre = Children's novel
publisher = Reilly & Lee
release_date = 1924
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
preceded_by = Grampa in Oz
followed_by = The Hungry Tiger of Oz

"The Lost King of Oz" (1925) is the nineteenth of the Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and the fifth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill.

Plot summary

Old Mombi (from "The Land of Oz") is now a cook in the land of Kimbaloo, and one day comes across Pajuka, the former prime minister of Oz, enchanted by Mombi into a goose years before. She sets out to find Pastoria, the king of Oz, whom she also enchanted in the past. She kidnaps a local boy called Snip as her unwilling assistant and bearer of burdens. Eventually deciding, however, that he knows too much, Mombi throws Snip down a well; there, he encounters the invisible Blanks in their subterranean city of Blankenberg. Snip meets and eventually rescues an amnesiac old tailor called Tora.

Meanwhile, Dorothy is accidentally transported to Hollywood, where she meets Humpy, a live stunt dummy, whom she brings back to Oz. They escape the Back Talkers in Eht Kcab Sdoow (by running backwards), and meet the Scooters who help scoot them on their way. Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant shows up to provide transport. Eventually, matters are clarified and settled: Mombi is defeated and Pajuka restored to humanity. Old Tora regains his memory, and turns out to be the missing Pastoria. He spurns any notion of returning to his throne, however; he is content to settle down as a humble tailor in the Emerald City, with Snip as his button boy and apprentice.

oz books
before=Grampa in Oz
after=The Hungry Tiger of Oz
title=The Lost King of Oz
year=1925