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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780152050849 (0152050841)
Publish date: June 1st 2004
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Pages no: 271
Edition language: English
Series: Upon a Marigold (#1)
I read this such a long time ago that I've almost forgotten it, but my recent thing with coming-of-age stories started to bring back memories, and all of them pleasant ones. One of them being in fifth grade when I was stuck in my mother's native Taiwan for two months with quite literally no book to ...
Such a stinkin cute book. I "read" this on audio, and the whole time I was listening, I had a smile on my face. Ed's funny way of messing up sayings was always great, and the relationship between Marigold and Chris was charming. Of course, none of it was surprising, and you can tell who Chris is pre...
It took me a little bit to get into this one but after I did I really liked it. I wasn't sure if I liked or didn't like the social/political undertones in this book because it was a book for younger kids, but it was a really well told fairy tale. I liked that it didn't stick to any preexisting fairy...
I loved this fun fairy tale.
The writing is a little rough in places and the beginning is slow, but overall it's an enjoyable story and the action at the end was very exciting.
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