The Lost King of Oz

by Ruth Plumly Thompson

"The Lost King of Oz" by Ruth Plumly Thompson is a fantasy novel published in 1925. When the wicked witch Mombi sets out to find Pastoria, the long-lost father of Princess Ozma, she cannot remember what form she enchanted him into years ago. Dorothy, kidnapped boys, invisible Blanks, a Hollywood stunt dummy, and the Elegant Elephant Kabumpo all become entangled in the quest to identify the missing king among unlikely candidates—leading to surprising revelations about identity and contentment.