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The Scalawagons of Oz
The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) is the thirty-fifth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and continued by his successors; it is the second volume in the series both written and illustrated by John R. Neill.
Bell-snickle.
The antagonist of Neill's plot is a mysterious monstrosity called Bell-snickle. (The term "villain" is an overstatement, since the creature is mostly a pest, or as the Wizard calls it, a "nuisance
weak plot and the lack of a compelling villain make "The Scalawagons of Oz" one of the most random and disorganized of the Oz books.
Puns.
Baum introduced pun-dependent humor into the Oz books from the start of the series; Neill carried punning farther than any other Oz writer. The prose in "Scalawagons" is often a tissue of puns; a few of the puns are not terrible. In the course of her adventures, Jenny Jump lands in a field of conscious and talkative potatoes;