Abby in Oz Quotes

“I’m a pretty good dancer,” Lion says. “Do you want to see me Floss?” “No,” she says, frowning. “Flossing will not help you save your friends and defeat the witches!” She is clearly exasperated. “I can do the Macarena,” Tin Man adds. The guardian sighs and shakes her head. “Save the Wizard first. Then get your friends. Then you can practice your dance moves.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz

“house had landed on her,” another Munchkin says. “That would have helped a lot.” No kidding. We follow the blue-mustached Munchkin down a long flight of curving stone steps. Once we’re at the bottom, the Munchkin closes the door behind us. We hear it lock. Crumbs. Frankie, Penny, Robin, Dorothy, and I all look at one another in silence. We’re in a room with a cement floor and two benches. But there’s another door in the wall! Yay! A way out? I open it.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz

“magic mirror? You’re not going to believe it. It’s very unfortunate. It’s … Penny. Yeah. Penny. Penny, my sometimes friend, knows about Maryrose and the fairy tales and everything. Why? Because one time, Frankie, Robin, Penny, and I all fell into the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Maryrose had nothing to do with taking us into Alice. That was all Gluck. Gluck is an evil fairy who’s trying to stop me from freeing Maryrose. He lured me and my friends into the book, and we almost got trapped there forever. Luckily, we escaped. As we were leaving the story, Frankie and Robin got sprinkled with a magical powder that made them lose their memories of the whole experience. But Penny and I did not get sprinkled. Which means that, ever since then, Penny keeps asking if she can sleep over at my house so she can go into a fairy tale with me. But I don’t think that’s the best idea. Fairy tales can be dangerous. Penny would never listen to”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz

“Abby,” Robin says, plopping down on the cushion next to Penny, “where did you get Prince? An animal shelter or a breeder?” Nope and nope. “We got him as a present,” I say. Which is kind of true. But Robin would never believe the real truth. I got Prince when my brother and I went into a fairy tale. I know it sounds totally bonkers, but there’s a magic mirror in the basement of my house. And a fairy, Maryrose, is trapped inside it. She takes me and my younger brother, Jonah, through the mirror into different fairy tales. Like Little Red Riding Hood. Cinderella. Beauty and the Beast. I think one day she’s planning to bring us into the story that trapped her so that we can help set her free. Anyway, when Jonah and I fell into the story of Sleeping Beauty, we got Prince as a gift. And then we took him home with us, because he is adorable. Of course, we had to make up a whole story for our parents because they don’t know about Maryrose, the mirror, or the whole traveling-to-fairy-tales thing. My nana does, though. She actually went into Little Red Riding Hood with us.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz

“off-the-shoulder”
― Sarah Mlynowski, Abby in Oz