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Kabumpo in Oz

Kabumpo in Oz (1922) is the sixteenth Oz book, and the second written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was the Oz book first fully credited to her (her first, The Royal Book of Oz was partially credited to L. Frank Baum).

Plot
During Prince Pompadore of Pumperdink's eighteenth birthday celebration a magic scroll is found inside his birthday cake. Along with the scroll, a magic mirror and a doorknob are also found. The scroll warns the him that if the he doesn't wed a "proper princess" within seven days, his entire kingdom will disappear. The prince, along with the old, wise elephant Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant, set off on an adventure to the Emerald City so the prince can marry Princess Ozma (the only "proper princess" they can think of.

Meanwhile Rugeddo the Gnome King (Thompson "corrected" Baum's "Nome") finds Glegg's Box of Mixed Magic while tunnelling under the Emerald City. After he brings a wooden doll, Peg Amy to life, and makes Wag the rabbit the size of a man, Ruggedo turns himself into a giant and gets Ozma's palace stuck on his crown, and runs off to Ev with it.

After many adventures in the strange lands of Rith Metic, the Illumi Nation, and the Soup Sea, Pompadore and Kabumpo arrive in the Emerald City to find Ozma missing. They set off to find her and eventually meet up with Wag and Peg Amy. The group reaches the edge of the Deadly Desert, and is hijacked by the Runaway Country, piece of land that has feet and can run over the desert, taking them to Ev.