Common Day

The tale begins in the humdrum world of kitchen chores and powerlessness. The heroine lives with an absent mother and brutal stepmother. The father figure, if there is one, is equally obstructive. More than anything, the girl longs for an escape, an adventure. Here the story begins.

Read: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

            East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon

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