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Hidden Oz: Dorothy and the Road Less Traveled

2026
Author(s):
Cassaday, Charity
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Publisher(s):
Independently Published
Genre(s):
Fantasy

Comments:
eventeen years have passed since Dorothy Gale left Oz. Now thirty-two and alone in the world, she has learned how to carry her losses quietly. Kansas has taught her how to survive. It has not taught her how to belong. When a force she cannot name pulls her back across the divide, Dorothy returns to an Oz that is older, quieter… and deeply unsettled. The Yellow Brick Road is fractured. Magic has dimmed. And beneath the surface lies Hidden Oz—a realm shaped by living light, ancient warnings, and roads that reveal more than they conceal. Drawn toward a mysterious path laid in red bricks, Dorothy must face truths she has long avoided and discover why Oz has called her back after all this time. As the land itself begins to crack, she learns that some journeys are not about where we go—but about who we become when we are finally honest with ourselves.

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