Once Upon A Marigold By Jean Ferris

Once Upon a Marigold

By Jean Ferris

Publisher:Harcourt Books

Published: 2002

Age group: Ages 8-12

Number of pages:266

Summary
Happily-ever-after turned upside down, inside out, and completely over the top! Christian is

gaga for Princess Marigold. He's just a commoner, though, 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

Marigold to do it! Can Chris foil her diabolical plans?


Review
At first, this book was a little bit boring, and I have to say, as it went along, it got better.

Maybe at first it wasn't exactly very interesting, but towards teh middle of teh book you

start getting to the point. I thought the cover of 'Once Upon A Marigold' symbolized the

whole entire story;a pigeon (symbolizing the main character and how he p-mailed)

shimmering rock crystals (from the main characters cave-castle) and a Marigold,

symbolizing another character. The plot was basically a retelling of a 'happily ever after'

story, except with a brand new twist in it. Iliked the characters;I could understand how they

felt, their unique qualities and traits. The description was wonderful, and just about

everything else was perfect.

Rating

Plot-dog (4 stars)

Characters:-cat (5 stars)

Suspense-hamster (3 stars)

Ending-cat (5 stars)

Cover-cat (5 stars)

Setting/Description-cat (5 stars)

TOTAL
27 STARS=PERFECT!

Luv,
<3 Beth