This is a must read for any one who loves The Wizard of Oz. The Secret Order of the Gumm Street girls is a story about four girls- none of whom like one another. Franny, Ivy, Pru and Cat are as different as four girls can be. All four girls live on Gumm Street and attend school at Sherbert Academy. Sherbert Acadamy was founded by Hieronymonymus Gumm and is divided into four groups of students named after Hieronymonymus Gumm's favorite sandwiches: Liverwurst, Egg-Salad, Tuna-on-Rye and Bacon Lettuce and Tomato.
I mentioned these girls do not like one another, maybe because they have so little in common. That is, until a mysterious pair of ruby slippers disappears and a woman called Cha-cha Stacco shows up in town. Cha-cha reminds the girls of the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz, but how could she be? These four unlikely friends are thrown into a secret world where they have to work together to stop the evil Cha-cha from getting the Ruby Slippers and find their way back home before they are stuck there forever.
This book is so much fun! It made me laugh out loud several times. Primavera has the most incredible and unusual imagination. She adds her own drawings to the book (sometimes they creep over an entire page) which only adds to the fun when you are reading this. I could not put this book down, then I passed it on to my sister to read when I was finished. Honestly, I've never read anything like it. Its imaginative, funny, clever and a must read for little (and big) girls everywhere!
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