Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Review by Chloe

Once Upon a Marigold, a fantasty story by Jean Ferris starts out as the story of a forest troll named Edrick (nicknamed Ed) who was walking in the forest when he found a young boy. The boy he found was named Christian. Christian told Ed that he ran away from his parents and didn't want to go back. After a while, Ed decided to let Christian stay with him. And 11 years later is where the story starts. Christian is now about 18 years old. He is an inventor, and he can invent strange and wacky things. One of his inventions is a telescope which he looks through. One day, when he was younger, he was looking through the telescope when he spotted the King and Queen and their four daughters. He became fascinated with them and began to watch them. One of his other inventions was P-mail. P-mail are pigeons that fly to deliver letters. Using P-mail, Christian sent a letter to the youngest daughter in the royal family, Princess Marigold. She responded back. Later on, they would be mailing letters to each other, but Christian never told Marigold his real name. One day, Christian decided to work for the royal family so he could see Marigold without her knowing who he was. He said goodbye to Ed in the forest and set out for the royal territory. He began to work there as a servant. While he was working, he overheard Queen Olympia plan to overthrow the king and Princess Marigold so she could become the ruler of the Kingdom. Will Queen Olympia's evil plan work? Will Princess Marigold ever know who Christian really is? Read Once Upon a Marigold to find out!