L. Frank Baum 
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 

Dorothy Gale is a farm girl who’s living a quiet life in Kansas with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, her miserable, but loving, relatives. Or at least she was, until her house is swept up in a cyclone and sent hurtling through the air.

The next day, when the house finally hits solid ground, Dorothy steps out the front door. She sees a huge crowd of strange people and, on sight, decides this unfamiliar land isn’t for her. (It’s nothing personal; she just wants to go home.) But she’s in Oz now, and no one there has even heard of Kansas. Oh dear! ….