Once Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris
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Author: Jean FerrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN: 0152050841
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Sandpiper
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Book Review: Best Book Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't you hate when your parents nag at you to do you homework, fix your bed, and clean your room? Well in Once Upon A Marigold six-year-old Christian has had enough. He runs away from home to live in a forest. While in the forest, he meets a big, scary looking, but friendly troll with his two dogs, Beelzebub and Hecate. Christian gets to know this troll and decides to live with him. But Edric, the troll, says no. Christian tries hard to convince Ed. Eventually he gives up and lets him stay.
Eleven years have past and that kid that was once six years old is now seventeen and still living with his "foster father" Ed. Christian starts to spend more and more time looking through a telescope at the castle where there is a princess. Then he decides to write to the princess. They find much about each other and become very good friends.
One year has past and Christian and Marigold, the princess, are still very good friends. One day Christian goes hunting and encounters Hayes Centaur, the king's gamekeeper, and they start talking. Christian finds out that Princess Marigold is the only thing keeping her stepmother, Queen Olympia, from killing the King to take over the castle. So the Queen is trying very hard to get Marigold married and out of the castle. Hayes Centaur tells Christian that he should get a job as a servant at the castle; he can get money and make new friends. Christian finally makes up his mind and decides to get the job and heads over to the castle. After getting the job at the castle, Christian tells Marigold who he is. After spending a lot of time together Ed begins to spy through the telescope. Queen Olympia sees the telescope and thinks that there is a plan to overthrow the kingdom. She imprisons Christian and sends guards to capture Ed. While a prisoner Marigold visits Christian and tells him of her powers to read people's thoughts while touching them. Queen Olympia also announced that Marigold was going to get married. Then, drugged the king to sleep. However, Christian wants to marry her but he is not in a royal family. Will Christian stop the wedding on time? Will he be able to marry Marigold? You will have to read the book to find out.
In my opinion this is a great book. Adventure, true love, irony, fantasy, and a little bit of comedy all come together in this book. It shows that if you what something you should do everything in your power to get it like Christian did when he wanted to marry Marigold. There are no boring parts. The ending is the best part of the book. It makes you want to read more and more. The ending is not what you expect; it's the total opposite.
Summary of Once Upon a Marigold
Christian is gaga for Princess Marigold. But he's just a commoner, and no match for royalty. Heck, he lives in a cave with a troll! And now he's discovered another reason to put his love-soggy heart on ice: Queen Olympia is scheming to take over the kingdom--and she'll bump off her own daughter to do it. Can Christian foil her diabolical plans?
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