Coming home from Oz isn’t easy
for Donald Gardner and his friends.
It’s hard to have a normal life
when the Nome King is looking for you.
A mysterious string of earthquakes rocks the Midwest, and Donald Gardner senses all is not what it appears to be. At night, he hears crawling noises in the walls of his home and scratching sounds coming from the basement. Halloween is just around the corner, and a long-abandoned house in the neighborhood has a for-sale sign in its yard, piquing the curiosity of Donald and his friends.
When Katie Samuelson, the pretty girl from Donald’s sixth-grade class, presents him with a well-worn copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she begins asking suspicious questions about his recent trip to Germany with John and Chris. Donald soon discovers pencil markings in the book, made by a child years ago. Some are written in an ancient language, forbidden in the Land of Oz and summoned to forge the Silver Shoes.
Tensions escalate when two bullies from Donald’s school target him, now that he has gained recognition following the nationwide media coverage of his kidnapping. Duane and Tommy Wheeler are brothers from the wrong side of the tracks, notorious for picking on classmates. Everyone at school knows to steer clear of the Wheelers. After Donald’s parents depart for an extended weekend in San Diego, stranger things begin to happen. A visit with Donald’s elderly grandmother leads to a shocking discovery about the past and a secret kept hidden by his family for generations.
Join Donald and his friends Jon, Chris, and Katie for a third adventure in this series that began with Silver Shoes, picking up just weeks after their extraordinary journey in The Powder of Life.
“THE MAGIC BELT”