Which, unbeknownst to him, has already been won. She manages to drive one away, but the other, Magnus, is chosen for her by her (evil) mother the queen!! :-O This is where Christian jumps into action, trying to save Marigold, her Father the King, the kingdom, and win Marigolds heart. And sadly, another two suitors for Princess Marigold show up. Thus starting their long correspondence and friendship.Īfter a while Christian gets a job at the castle doing odd jobs. (Also know in the book as P-Mail) To his surprise and delight, she responded.

(You know, not in a creepy way…) So it was no surprise when he saw Princess Marigold out on the terrace one day reading, and sent her a message by carrier pigeon. Also, throughout all those years, a favorite pastime of Christian’s was to watch the royal family through his telescope. By the time he turned 18 he remembered but a few snippets of his old life, and was oblivious to the fact that Ed had kept his jacket and pendant from all those years ago. For eleven years the boy, named Christian, invented, taught the dogs tricks, helped Ed with his campaign against Queen Mab (the tooth fairy), and forgot about his old life. At first glance Edric wanted to send the kid back to his parents, but that conniving little scamp told him that he’d charge Edric with kidnapping if he dared to return him to his home! So with Edric, Cate, and Bub he stayed. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Once Upon A Marigold begins with a forest troll named Edric, and his two dogs Beelzebub (Bub for short) and Hecate (Cate for short), when they find a six-year-old boy alone in the forest. But now that Christian' s fallen for Princess Marigold, it' s up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen. In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, who lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, is clueless about how amazingNand stupefyingNlove can be. AGES: 9-12 AUTHOR: Jean Ferris has written more than a dozen popular books for teens, including several ALA Best Books for Young Adults and one YALSA Teens' Top Ten Best Book. And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle er, rectangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter.

Although then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all.

Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope.

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris