Book cover for Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige

Yellow Brick War

2016 Released
288 Pages
4-5 Hours
★ 3.8 19,331 ratings
Audiobook Unavailable
Paperback Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
HarperCollinsISBN 9780062280756

In this action-packed third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, new girl from Kansas Amy Gumm is caught between her home—and Oz.

My name is Amy Gumm. Tornadoes must have a thing about girls from Kansas, because—just like Dorothy—I got swept away on one too. I landed in Oz, where Good is Wicked, Wicked is Good, and the Wicked Witches clued me in to my true calling: Assassin.

The only way to stop Dorothy from destroying Oz—and Kansas—is to kill her. But I failed. Others died for my mistakes. Because of me, the portal between the worlds has been opened. And if I don’t find a way to close it?

Dorothy will make sure I never go home again.

Now it’s up to me to: join the Witches, fight for Oz, save Kansas, and stop Dorothy once and for all.

Perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked, Danielle Paige delivers a dark, high-octane reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.


To save two worlds, Amy must embrace her wicked side. But in a war this twisted, who can she trust?


  • A Dark Wizard of Oz Retelling: Forget the yellow brick road. In this version of Oz, the Wicked Witches are the good guys, and Dorothy, the corrupted tyrant, must be stopped at all costs.
  • High-Stakes Portal Fantasy: When the fight spills over from Oz into Kansas, Amy Gumm finds herself stranded in her old life without her magic, forced to go back to high school to find a way home.
  • Enemies to Allies: Back in Kansas, Amy must team up with her high school nemesis, Madison, to uncover a secret that could change the fate of both worlds.
  • A War Across Two Worlds: As a new, powerful enemy emerges, Amy and the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked must fight for the future of Oz and Kansas before both realms are destroyed forever.

Danielle Paige

Danielle Paige is a graduate of Columbia University and the author of the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series. Before turning to young adult literature, she worked in the television industry, where she received a Writers Guild of America Award and was nominated for several Daytime Emmys. She currently lives in New York City.

More by Danielle Paige

Why Readwise Books?

Readwise Books is an ebook & audiobook platform that automatically logs how much you and your friends read, making it fun and easy to read more. Learn more →