I requested this book because my daughter got the first one at her school’s book fair and I am enjoying reading it with her. This book is just as good as the first one. I enjoyed Ava and her journey back to Swickwit. This book, while it does have refences that allude to the first book, is written well enough so that you can read the books out of order and not get lost. This is extremely important for a kid’s book. I love the references to Oz lore even though it is written during a different time than the original Oz stories. Overall, just a great quick read that keeps kids wanting to read more.
Thank you so much to Scholastic Inc and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this title.

I recieved a free eARC of this book

“We did know each other…I mean, our paths did cross…at school” (Galinda, Wicked)

Return to Oz and to Swickwit, the school for Wicked Witches, in the second book in this series which is perfect for young Wicked fans who aren’t quite ready for Gregory McGuire yet, or anyone who enjoys a look behind Oz.

West Oz Witch Academy isn’t quite what Ava, Crow, and Henry really expected. While they’d made their escape from Swickwit and gotten back into WOW, it seems…boring. So, of course, the answer is to, somehow, escape BACK to Swickwit. But, there are a few….loose threads from their past adventures that might just interfere a bit. Including Ava’s former friend and roommate, turned enemy Tinabella.

This is an enjoyable book and would probably make sense read out of sequence, but will be best enjoyed by people who have read both the first book in the series and are familiar with the original Wizard of Oz.