An Apple Books Classic edition.

As much a mystery as it is a quest, The Lost Princess of Oz begins with a shock: Princess Ozma has vanished, and with her, nearly all the magic in the land. Glinda’s enchanted tools are gone, the Wizard’s instruments have disappeared, and Dorothy Gale sets out to uncover what—or who—is behind it all.

Dorothy’s search carries her into the farthest reaches of Oz, where she meets a cook whose golden dishpan has been stolen and a dapper, human-sized Frogman who vows to help her recover it. Joined by returning favorites the Wizard, Trot, and Button-Bright, Dorothy follows a trail of clues to a hidden castle and a thief whose power rivals Oz’s greatest sorcerers. A true whodunit in fairy-tale form, The Lost Princess of Oz is L. Frank Baum’s most intricate puzzle, turning his magical world inside out to find what’s gone missing at its heart.