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41) "Tik Tok of Oz" - Baum
It seems that he's just reaching for a title, here, as Tik Tok doesn't actually get that huge a role. This is really about Betsy Bobbin, but she can't be "of Oz" because Oz has officially been closed off to allowing any more people from the outside world in. I strongly suspect Betsy Bobbin of being a crossover character from another book which didn't do well.
The Shaggy Man gets a big role in this book, too, as he's out wandering around yet again, and has left Oz to look for his brother. Shaggy (as he is called throughout this book - I don't think we've seen that before) gets to be noble at the end, as he adopts Betsy, accepting exile from Oz as the result of doing so.
His love magnet is working differently, now, as he has to actually show it to people, but when he does they're literally falling-at-his-feet in adoration - one young woman even rushes to him and hugs him, which makes him a little uncomfortable. I almost for a minute thought he was going to have a Romantic Interest. There ARE romantic interests in this book, the first time I've seen that in an Oz book, though discreetly brushed off into the corners. The Rose Princess, Ozga, and a young man named Jo Files are always off by themselves, talking.
It seems that he's just reaching for a title, here, as Tik Tok doesn't actually get that huge a role. This is really about Betsy Bobbin, but she can't be "of Oz" because Oz has officially been closed off to allowing any more people from the outside world in. I strongly suspect Betsy Bobbin of being a crossover character from another book which didn't do well.
The Shaggy Man gets a big role in this book, too, as he's out wandering around yet again, and has left Oz to look for his brother. Shaggy (as he is called throughout this book - I don't think we've seen that before) gets to be noble at the end, as he adopts Betsy, accepting exile from Oz as the result of doing so.
His love magnet is working differently, now, as he has to actually show it to people, but when he does they're literally falling-at-his-feet in adoration - one young woman even rushes to him and hugs him, which makes him a little uncomfortable. I almost for a minute thought he was going to have a Romantic Interest. There ARE romantic interests in this book, the first time I've seen that in an Oz book, though discreetly brushed off into the corners. The Rose Princess, Ozga, and a young man named Jo Files are always off by themselves, talking.