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Gnome King of Oz
The Gnome King of Oz
(1927) is the 21st Oz book and the seventh by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
It follows the adventures of Peter, a boy from Philadelphia
who is transported by magic balloon to the Runaway Island where
the wicked Gnome King is has been stranded (in Kabumpo in Oz).
Peter and the Gnome King escape the island and discover and
an abandoned pirate ship. While sailing to Ev, they discover
a chest with a magic cloak that allows invisibility and will
transport the wearer anywhere he choses. The only problem is
it is ripped, and will not work.
Meanwhile, the Patchwork Girl is abducted by the
Quilties, a country of seamstresses, and made their queen.
