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[be_themoon]

Apparently, when I have no school to do but yet need something to do - I do sort-of school anyways. In this case, research for a paper that might never get written, about the prevalence of children's stories in which at the end most/all of the protagonists either choose to leave or are forcibly kicked out of the fantasy land they have found. exhibit a, naturally, being Narnia. I even have a timeline now! For series, the date is the year of the first book's publishing.

1865 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. English, forcible eviction.
1900 - Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. American, chooses to return home.
1904 - Peter Pan (the play) by J. M. Barrie. English, chooses to return home. (The book adaptation was published 1911.)
1950 - Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. English, forcible eviction.
1965 - The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. English, forcible eviction.

Anyone know of other children's literature, at any point in time, in which the children find a different world and have to leave it at the end?

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[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

Of course Dorothy goes back a bunch of times and eventually goes to Oz to live with her aunt and uncle. /Oz fan.

You could try the E Nesbit books? A lot of them have the magic come to an end. And the Eager books, too. Matilda loses her powers. The Mary Poppins books end with Mary Poppins leaving (except for Mary Poppins in the Park, which is different). Golden Compass of course. The Chronicles of Prydian have the magic leaving the world. (Damn, I feel like there were more. Wtf, self!)

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

Oooh, these are all true! eeee, yay! I see I shall have to come up with other categories - Mary Poppins leaves, the children don't. and His Dark Materials they do not leave their own world, but they give up the ability to travel to others, so. hmmm. this is lots of fun!

(and I keep hearing this! so I shall have to learn more about the ending of Dorothy before I use it as an example.)

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

I would be very interested in hearing what you come up with, this is way cool.

(yeah! Baum wrote 14 Oz books--Dorothy gets back to Oz in number 3, Ozma of Oz, and then in the Emerald City of Oz, which is--I think--book 6, she and her aunt and uncle go to Oz to live forever. There are a couple other real-world people who do the same, including the Wizard, who pops back up again in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.)

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

if I ever do write this essay, it will probably end up being posted here. under f-lock, but posted. :P

huhhh. I have never heard of these other books! well, vaguely - I think I remember reading part of one where Dorothy goes invisible? but I never realized there were 14, or that she goes back!

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

You should think about reading them! The whole world of Oz is really really interesting/weird.