The Fairy of the Emerald City is the 2nd
book in the Tales of the Emereld City series by Sergei Sukhinov. It was published in 1997.
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In this award-winning second installment, Ellie Smith returns to Magic Land after many years. At every step of her long and difficult journey, she is bedeviled by the sorceress Corina, who is out to avenge the death of her adoptive mother Gingema, the Wicked Witch of the East, and holds Ellie responsible.
Ellie, now an elderly lady, has returned to her abandoned Kansas farmhouse to spend her final days there. But she meets a trio of pixies, who represent the "Storybook Folk" (giants, mermaids, genies, etc.). They want Ellie to show them the way to Magic Land so that the Folk can settle there. They restore Ellie to girlhood, with the warning that their magic can last only five days – she’ll have to find Stella before then so that the latter can make it permanent.
They set out on their journey, picking up a plush little bear named Tom (brought to life by Corina during one of her visits), a lame, homely boy named Donald; a dog, Polkan; and a horse, Jerdan. Corina, in her lust for vengeance, bedevils them at every step, but Villina does her best to assist them from a distance. Before long, thanks to Corina, the Storybook Folk (except for a giant named Durban) are trapped in the desert at one of Gingema’s treacherous Black Rocks, and when Ellie and her friends reach the edge of Magic Land, the now hostile Iron Woodman orders his army of Marrans to unleash a rockslide on them. They survive, but must seek another route, via the Black Dragon Canyon. Donald finds Torn’s third book in a tower there, and he, Ellie, and Tom finally make it into Magic Land.
In Violet Land, Corina catches Donald in the act as he attempts to help the Woodman. Taking a liking to him, she promises to make him both strong and attractive if he will turn against Ellie and draw her into a trap in the woods. He agrees, and does just that. But as it turns out, the spell in Torn’s third book, which Ellie now has, nullifies all the spells in the other books, so Corina is helpless against her. Meanwhile, Donald, in atonement for his treachery, cures the Woodman, then summons Stella to Ellie’s aid before the pixies’ magic wears off. With Villina’s help, Ellie defeats Corina in single combat in the Emerald City. Corina withdraws to Black Dragon Canyon, taking Donald with her, while Ellie is proclaimed the new ruler and Fairy of the Emerald City. Strasheela rejoins her from his exile.
| Sergei Sukhinov's Magic Land books |
| Tales of the Emerald City | 1. Gingema's Daughter 2. The Fairy of the Emerald City 3. The Sorceress Villina's Secret 4. The Sorcerer's Sword 5. The Eternally Youthful Stella 6. Parcelius the Alchemist 7. Battle in the Underground Land 8. King Midgety 9. The Sorcerer from Atlantis 10. The Knights of Light and Darkness |
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| Fairy Tales of the Emerald City | 1. Corina the Lazy Sorceress 2. Corina and the Ogre 3. The Sorceress Villina's Ward 4. The Little Dragon 5. The Crystal Island 6. Corina and the Magic Rhino 7. Three in the Enchanted Forest 8. The Black Fog 9. Master of the Winged Monkeys Prequel: Goodwin the Great and Terrible |