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Wicked Marigold
Overlooked Princess Marigold is nothing like her perfect, just-returned sister—so she runs away to an evil wizard’s tower to prove her wickedness.
Princess Marigold—who hadn’t yet been born when the remarkable Princess Rosalind was kidnapped—is eleven when the unthinkable happens: her older sister escapes her captivity and comes home. Marigold has always known she’s not as good, sweet, or kind as the sister everyone adores, but amid the celebration of Rosalind’s return, Marigold realizes something new: if Princess Rosalind is good, then Princess Marigold must be wicked. And there’s no place for wickedness in the kingdom. When Marigold tries to find a new place for herself in an evil wizard’s fortress, though, the results are disastrous. Before she’s even learned to cackle or scowl properly, she gets tangled up in a magical plot to ruin all the Cacophonous Kingdoms. Is Marigold too wicked to make things right? Or can she—with the help of a kitchen boy, a well-dressed imp, and a grumpy blob of glop—find her own way to restore peace?
Princess Marigold—who hadn’t yet been born when the remarkable Princess Rosalind was kidnapped—is eleven when the unthinkable happens: her older sister escapes her captivity and comes home. Marigold has always known she’s not as good, sweet, or kind as the sister everyone adores, but amid the celebration of Rosalind’s return, Marigold realizes something new: if Princess Rosalind is good, then Princess Marigold must be wicked. And there’s no place for wickedness in the kingdom. When Marigold tries to find a new place for herself in an evil wizard’s fortress, though, the results are disastrous. Before she’s even learned to cackle or scowl properly, she gets tangled up in a magical plot to ruin all the Cacophonous Kingdoms. Is Marigold too wicked to make things right? Or can she—with the help of a kitchen boy, a well-dressed imp, and a grumpy blob of glop—find her own way to restore peace?
249 pages, Hardcover
First published July 16, 2024
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Caroline Carlson
9 books282 followersCaroline Carlson is the author of funny and fantastical books for young readers, including The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates trilogy, The World’s Greatest Detective, and The Door at the End of the World. Her novels have won accolades from the New York Times, the American Booksellers Association, Bank Street College of Education, the American Library Association, and Junior Library Guild, among others.
Caroline holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts. A Massachusetts native, she now lives in Pittsburgh with her family. You can visit her online at http://carolinecarlsonbooks.com.
Caroline holds a BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts. A Massachusetts native, she now lives in Pittsburgh with her family. You can visit her online at http://carolinecarlsonbooks.com.
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September 27, 2024
Very fun, lovely main character and secondary characters, good adventure. This was definitely mg.
April 8, 2024
This was a true delight! Charming but funny with a cast of characters that are extremely lovable. Excited to purchase this middle grade novel for our libraries when it releases in July of 2024!
October 12, 2024
Delightful! Reminded me of the books I loved and read countless times as a tween/teen, especially the Dealing with Dragons quartet - a princess who is not your standard princess and who runs away, albeit for somewhat different reasons. While he isn't a central character, I am also really intrigued by Gentleman Northwinds - I want to read a book about him! It feels like there's a lot more there than just another wicked wizard. Overall, a very fun and satisfying read.
March 22, 2024
Thank you @candlewickpress for this funny and amazing book. My 👧🏻 enjoyed it.
👧🏻 quick review: I don’t want to giveaway too much, but this funny and easy-read book is packed with magical entertainment of Princess Marigold and Princess Rosalind. There should be a good and an evil in their kingdom to make things interesting and fun. I can’t emphasize enough how much I adore this book!
👧🏻 quick review: I don’t want to giveaway too much, but this funny and easy-read book is packed with magical entertainment of Princess Marigold and Princess Rosalind. There should be a good and an evil in their kingdom to make things interesting and fun. I can’t emphasize enough how much I adore this book!
October 28, 2025
Very charming. Super cute mg read.
September 5, 2024
fun read. good for kids who love a good story. Love the vocabulary incorporated. They might not even realize that they ae reading advanced words...
December 16, 2023
Thank you to Candlewick Press for the ARC! This is such a magical middle-grade book, and I think kids will definitely enjoy it! The characters were all so fun to read about, especially my personal favorite, Pettifog the imp. The world-building was so creative with the Cacophonous Kingdoms and how the wizards have their own society. Everything was just so fun! This book releases in July, so don't forget to add it to your TBR!
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January 9, 2025
This book gave me Howls Moving Castle vibes and I loved it. It has the same feel and the same character vibes and humor as Howls Moving Castle. It has the same quirky magic too. I loved the theme of being good vs being wicked. In the beginning of the book good/wicked is presented as being very black and white. But by the end, Marigold sees everyone is a mixture. I loved seeing that both wickedness and goodness can come from various shapes and sizes and disguises. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to good vs bad! I love the magic system, especially that the intention behind the magic plays such a big role in getting it to work. This book was very humorous in the way Howls Moving Castle is. I absolutely loved all the characters and their personalities. There are some lovable drama kings and “wicked” softies. There are annoying perfectly perfect princesses too. The fortress of the wizard is a personality all by itself too. I listened to it and enjoyed the narration. Definitely recommend this book for the whole family.
SPOILERS and book notes:
This beginning sentence is amazing: “Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Imbervale, there lived a princess who was perfectly good.” It reminds me of the first sentence of HP: “the Dursley’s were perfectly normal thank you very much.” The sentence is talking about Rosalind. Compare to marigold: “Her smile was kind, but it couldn’t mend a scraped knee. Her laughter was bright, but it had no obvious effect on any of the plants in the palace gardens. She occasionally sulked. And on the morning of her third birthday, when she wasn’t allowed to eat cake for breakfast, she drew in her breath, stuck out her lower lip, and threw such a tantrum that all six of her royal guards resigned on the spot.” She’s just a normal kid. Marigold like the cool stories about witches and curses! She is curious and explores. She is relatable. They live in the kingdom Imbervale. But other 8 Cacophonous Kingdoms cause disturbances to one another: like send head ache spells dusting over the marketplace or send a mosquito scourge. Collin is Marigolds best friend and works in the kitchen! He loves stories too! “The trouble with Collin, Marigold thought, was that he was relentlessly cheerful.” Even with hard work and hardships. “But his constant good cheer could be frustrating when all Marigold wanted was for someone to join her in a panic.” So relatable. Marigold is really good at inventing and building. She builds many contraptions to help people and help the castle. Rosalind escapes wizard Torville who lives on the other side of the wildwood. Rosalind had served the wizard for 15 years! There was a mysterious rope dangling out her window one day that allowed her to escape. The parents insisted on celebrating for a whole month. But Rosalind said only if they invited all the other kingdoms. the other nine kingdoms were full of exactly the sorts of people who weren’t allowed in Imbervale. But the queen said only if they behave themselves bc she “won’t tolerate any wickedness.” Everyone was on their best behavior. Imbervale is very snobbish and not very Christlike… Christ welcomes all. He dined with the sinners! Marigold totally dumped water on Rosalind’s head (don’t blame her). Rosalind is a selfish self centered girl for being “perfect”. The royal steward called her a wicked girl bc of this so she ran into the forest! “Wicked child, thudded her boots in the grass. Wicked child, thumped her heart. But there was no place for wickedness in Imbervale.” No place for mistakes her. It’s all full of hypocrites. I love Torville. Not a hypocrite. Just a grumpy wicked wizard living in a normal wizard fortress with a normal kitchen etc. And his imp named Pettifog. To stay she has 7 days to prove her wickedness. “When you look wicked, it’s easier to be wicked.” When he gave her flowing dark robes. It’s the same with us and having the spirit! Pettifog misses Rosalind and her flower growing happy attitude. Boooo. Marigold wants Toriville to teach her spells but he doesn’t want to: ““If you don’t agree to teach me,” she said, “I’ll throw a very loud tantrum.” “If you do,” said Torville, “I’ll enchant away your voice.” “I’ll smash your gazing ball.” “Then I’ll curse you with itches that can’t be scratched.” “I’ll tear up the record of your wicked deeds,” Marigold threatened, “and I’ll sink the pieces in the moat.” Torville rubbed his temples. “I’m beginning to see,” he said, “why Imbervale doesn’t want you back. Meet me here at ten o’clock tomorrow, and don’t even dream of being late.” Now he is teaching her. How MAGIC WORKS: ““Some spells are wicked,” Torville said, “and some, I’m sorry to say, can be used for good. Some spells must be used as soon as they’re prepared; others can be dried and bottled up until you need them. Some spells are big magic, which means you need to gather a whole group of wizards to work them, and others are small and simple enough that a mere child can perform them on their own.” Torville raised an eyebrow at Marigold. “But every enchantment requires three things: ingredients, incantations, and intention.” You have to have precise measurements and you have to say the exact words. And the intention part is interesting: ““Benevolent magicians must truly want good things to happen, and evil wizards must truly want miserable things to happen. If you don’t want your spell to work, it’s bound to go wrong. Even a moment of regret can ruin the whole recipe.” Marigold thought of Torville’s closet of regrets, which she still hadn’t figured out how to sneak into. “Does that ever happen to you?” “Not anymore,” said Torville proudly. “If you hold wickedness inside your heart for long enough, the heart shrivels and shrinks, and its twinges become too small to notice. I haven’t had to worry about mine since I was thirty.” I am interested in his closet… it’s like the Holy Ghost!! The more you do wicked, the less you are sensitive to the spirit. She attempted a spell to make everyone forget Rosalind, but she faltered in her intentions and the spell blew up. It turned Torville into a blob. Haha the imp is a strange demon who likes flowers and light and doesn’t want to go back to darkness if his contract is terminated. The glop can’t talk but can kind of move. She is going to break the curse. Torville calls his brother and sister “the miseries” and she has to pretend she is Torville over the crystal ball. The siblings had Rosalind locked up bc she would bring peace and cooperation between the kingdoms. She is already causing the kingdoms to want to be harmonious. And that means the royalty are canceling orders for mean spells from the wicked wizards. So they are losing business. And marigold (pretending to be Torville) accidentally agreed to fix the problem lol. Colin made it through the wildwood and found the fortress and her!! But then the thing in the moat with its tentacles tried to eat him! He has been looking for her this whole time. What a fantastic loyal friend. Petifor loves Colin bc he is so polite and respectful. This is a fantastic name for someone that wants a garlic potion that causes her enemy to have bad breath: Countess Snoot-Harley. Marigold accidentally transported her self to the end of the kingdom and ran into Torville wizard mentor. This made me lol: ““Sleeping spells are out of fashion,” he said. “It’s wide-awake spells that everyone’s asking for now. Those are much wickeder. We could tell Queen Hetty we’ve been hired to rouse her too early in the mornings or to keep her up at night listening for creaks in the walls.” They had to host a wicked wizard party and marigold had to serve them their food. They treated her horribly and she it’s bc they are wicked, but Collin said that is how he was treated as a servant back at her parents kingdom too. Wickedness can be in disguise. Awww Torville took the entire blame of the state he is in when the wizards discovered him! Even though it brough him humiliation. He did it to protect marigold! The miseries took over the fortress and are forced them all to work for them! And are going to perform big magic and declare war on Rosalind! She found out that Torville has a heart! He is the one that left the rope to help Rosalind escape. He is just under the miseries thumbs. And tries so hard to be wicked lol. They are working together to stop them now! Marigold made Torville blob sit in a mini biplane she made! Marigold used the transpiration powder to bring “the thing” to the palace to eat the miserables before they disappeared the palace. ““Thank goodness for you,” she said, squeezing Marigold’s hand. “If you hadn’t thought so quickly, we’d have been lost.” “You were the one who mended all those hearts,” Marigold pointed out. “I never could have done that.” Rosalind thought for a moment. “Sometimes you’ve got to mend hearts,” she said, “and sometimes, I suppose, you’ve got to throw monsters.” Don’t worry Torville gets changed back and is going on a perfectly good beach vacation with his demon. “What do you say we leave the waste for a while and go to the seashore? You can paint watercolors; I’ll tread on children’s sandcastles — we’ll have a marvelous time.”
SPOILERS and book notes:
This beginning sentence is amazing: “Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Imbervale, there lived a princess who was perfectly good.” It reminds me of the first sentence of HP: “the Dursley’s were perfectly normal thank you very much.” The sentence is talking about Rosalind. Compare to marigold: “Her smile was kind, but it couldn’t mend a scraped knee. Her laughter was bright, but it had no obvious effect on any of the plants in the palace gardens. She occasionally sulked. And on the morning of her third birthday, when she wasn’t allowed to eat cake for breakfast, she drew in her breath, stuck out her lower lip, and threw such a tantrum that all six of her royal guards resigned on the spot.” She’s just a normal kid. Marigold like the cool stories about witches and curses! She is curious and explores. She is relatable. They live in the kingdom Imbervale. But other 8 Cacophonous Kingdoms cause disturbances to one another: like send head ache spells dusting over the marketplace or send a mosquito scourge. Collin is Marigolds best friend and works in the kitchen! He loves stories too! “The trouble with Collin, Marigold thought, was that he was relentlessly cheerful.” Even with hard work and hardships. “But his constant good cheer could be frustrating when all Marigold wanted was for someone to join her in a panic.” So relatable. Marigold is really good at inventing and building. She builds many contraptions to help people and help the castle. Rosalind escapes wizard Torville who lives on the other side of the wildwood. Rosalind had served the wizard for 15 years! There was a mysterious rope dangling out her window one day that allowed her to escape. The parents insisted on celebrating for a whole month. But Rosalind said only if they invited all the other kingdoms. the other nine kingdoms were full of exactly the sorts of people who weren’t allowed in Imbervale. But the queen said only if they behave themselves bc she “won’t tolerate any wickedness.” Everyone was on their best behavior. Imbervale is very snobbish and not very Christlike… Christ welcomes all. He dined with the sinners! Marigold totally dumped water on Rosalind’s head (don’t blame her). Rosalind is a selfish self centered girl for being “perfect”. The royal steward called her a wicked girl bc of this so she ran into the forest! “Wicked child, thudded her boots in the grass. Wicked child, thumped her heart. But there was no place for wickedness in Imbervale.” No place for mistakes her. It’s all full of hypocrites. I love Torville. Not a hypocrite. Just a grumpy wicked wizard living in a normal wizard fortress with a normal kitchen etc. And his imp named Pettifog. To stay she has 7 days to prove her wickedness. “When you look wicked, it’s easier to be wicked.” When he gave her flowing dark robes. It’s the same with us and having the spirit! Pettifog misses Rosalind and her flower growing happy attitude. Boooo. Marigold wants Toriville to teach her spells but he doesn’t want to: ““If you don’t agree to teach me,” she said, “I’ll throw a very loud tantrum.” “If you do,” said Torville, “I’ll enchant away your voice.” “I’ll smash your gazing ball.” “Then I’ll curse you with itches that can’t be scratched.” “I’ll tear up the record of your wicked deeds,” Marigold threatened, “and I’ll sink the pieces in the moat.” Torville rubbed his temples. “I’m beginning to see,” he said, “why Imbervale doesn’t want you back. Meet me here at ten o’clock tomorrow, and don’t even dream of being late.” Now he is teaching her. How MAGIC WORKS: ““Some spells are wicked,” Torville said, “and some, I’m sorry to say, can be used for good. Some spells must be used as soon as they’re prepared; others can be dried and bottled up until you need them. Some spells are big magic, which means you need to gather a whole group of wizards to work them, and others are small and simple enough that a mere child can perform them on their own.” Torville raised an eyebrow at Marigold. “But every enchantment requires three things: ingredients, incantations, and intention.” You have to have precise measurements and you have to say the exact words. And the intention part is interesting: ““Benevolent magicians must truly want good things to happen, and evil wizards must truly want miserable things to happen. If you don’t want your spell to work, it’s bound to go wrong. Even a moment of regret can ruin the whole recipe.” Marigold thought of Torville’s closet of regrets, which she still hadn’t figured out how to sneak into. “Does that ever happen to you?” “Not anymore,” said Torville proudly. “If you hold wickedness inside your heart for long enough, the heart shrivels and shrinks, and its twinges become too small to notice. I haven’t had to worry about mine since I was thirty.” I am interested in his closet… it’s like the Holy Ghost!! The more you do wicked, the less you are sensitive to the spirit. She attempted a spell to make everyone forget Rosalind, but she faltered in her intentions and the spell blew up. It turned Torville into a blob. Haha the imp is a strange demon who likes flowers and light and doesn’t want to go back to darkness if his contract is terminated. The glop can’t talk but can kind of move. She is going to break the curse. Torville calls his brother and sister “the miseries” and she has to pretend she is Torville over the crystal ball. The siblings had Rosalind locked up bc she would bring peace and cooperation between the kingdoms. She is already causing the kingdoms to want to be harmonious. And that means the royalty are canceling orders for mean spells from the wicked wizards. So they are losing business. And marigold (pretending to be Torville) accidentally agreed to fix the problem lol. Colin made it through the wildwood and found the fortress and her!! But then the thing in the moat with its tentacles tried to eat him! He has been looking for her this whole time. What a fantastic loyal friend. Petifor loves Colin bc he is so polite and respectful. This is a fantastic name for someone that wants a garlic potion that causes her enemy to have bad breath: Countess Snoot-Harley. Marigold accidentally transported her self to the end of the kingdom and ran into Torville wizard mentor. This made me lol: ““Sleeping spells are out of fashion,” he said. “It’s wide-awake spells that everyone’s asking for now. Those are much wickeder. We could tell Queen Hetty we’ve been hired to rouse her too early in the mornings or to keep her up at night listening for creaks in the walls.” They had to host a wicked wizard party and marigold had to serve them their food. They treated her horribly and she it’s bc they are wicked, but Collin said that is how he was treated as a servant back at her parents kingdom too. Wickedness can be in disguise. Awww Torville took the entire blame of the state he is in when the wizards discovered him! Even though it brough him humiliation. He did it to protect marigold! The miseries took over the fortress and are forced them all to work for them! And are going to perform big magic and declare war on Rosalind! She found out that Torville has a heart! He is the one that left the rope to help Rosalind escape. He is just under the miseries thumbs. And tries so hard to be wicked lol. They are working together to stop them now! Marigold made Torville blob sit in a mini biplane she made! Marigold used the transpiration powder to bring “the thing” to the palace to eat the miserables before they disappeared the palace. ““Thank goodness for you,” she said, squeezing Marigold’s hand. “If you hadn’t thought so quickly, we’d have been lost.” “You were the one who mended all those hearts,” Marigold pointed out. “I never could have done that.” Rosalind thought for a moment. “Sometimes you’ve got to mend hearts,” she said, “and sometimes, I suppose, you’ve got to throw monsters.” Don’t worry Torville gets changed back and is going on a perfectly good beach vacation with his demon. “What do you say we leave the waste for a while and go to the seashore? You can paint watercolors; I’ll tread on children’s sandcastles — we’ll have a marvelous time.”
October 24, 2025
Carlson’s fairy tale is filled with various tropes of the genre but is much more fun and somewhat reminiscent of Liesel Shurtliff’s Rump, Grump, Jack and Red books. Marigold is the often overlooked younger princess who is living in the shadow of her so, so good older sister Rosalind who makes flowers bloom as she walks and mends broken hearts with her sweetness. Comparisons to her sister has left Marigold convinced that she must be Rosalind’s opposite: wicked instead of good and unneeded instead of cherished. When Rosalind reappears after a decade-long disappearance and begins to spread her goodness and charm once again, Marigold sets out to join with the wicked wizard Torville who lives in a gloomy fortress on the other side of the dreaded wildwood.
The adventures of Marigold while living with Torville are flat out fun—the obvious effort Torville makes to try and convince everyone, including himself, that he is the most wicked wizard ever. Companion imp Pettifog is clearly trying to help Torville maintain the facade of wickedness as well as keep the fortress in tip-top shape. Even the The Thing in the moat provides bits of wicked humor. And all along, despite trying to live up to the wickedness she is certain is her destiny, Marigold keeps revealing that she is just as valuable as Rosalind and, in fact, is just as loved by her royal parents.
Wonderful addition to libraries serving grades 4-6. Text is free of profanity, sexual content and violence is limited to wizard curses that really don’t harm anyone plus the actions of a spoiled iguana and The Thing of the moat.
Thanks for sending a preview copy to me, Candlewick Press.
The adventures of Marigold while living with Torville are flat out fun—the obvious effort Torville makes to try and convince everyone, including himself, that he is the most wicked wizard ever. Companion imp Pettifog is clearly trying to help Torville maintain the facade of wickedness as well as keep the fortress in tip-top shape. Even the The Thing in the moat provides bits of wicked humor. And all along, despite trying to live up to the wickedness she is certain is her destiny, Marigold keeps revealing that she is just as valuable as Rosalind and, in fact, is just as loved by her royal parents.
Wonderful addition to libraries serving grades 4-6. Text is free of profanity, sexual content and violence is limited to wizard curses that really don’t harm anyone plus the actions of a spoiled iguana and The Thing of the moat.
Thanks for sending a preview copy to me, Candlewick Press.
July 24, 2024
WICKED MARIGOLD is an amazing book! It’s an entertaining journey, exploring fairy tale themes in new ways, which readers young and old will enjoy. At the same time, Princess Marigold, who believes that because she can’t be completely good, she must be entirely evil, learns that she, like all of us, is much more interesting, and complicated, than that. As Tara Dairman, an award-winning middle grade author says, WICKED MARIGOLD is “a perfectly hilarious tale for the imperfect among us.” Marigold herself is a wonderfully imperfect heroine, finding lots of bumps in the road between her evil intentions and her basically good heart. Along the way, she meets a host of fabulous characters: incredibly wicked wizards; a grumpy blob of glop (her fault!); a skeptical (but adorable) imp from the demonic realms; a loyal and true kitchen boy who bakes peach pies; and the Thing, a monster that’s “mostly tentacles, except for the part that’s teeth.” At the end of this rollicking tale, we’ll find out whether Marigold will be able to succeed as a perfectly imperfect princess.
August 8, 2024
Delightfully offbeat and wonderfully fun!
June 21, 2025
Borrowed from CLP on 6/8/25 to read for Rivendell Discussions on 6/21/25.
Marigold stories. A search led me to read Magic for Marigold (1925) by L.M. Montgomery, in my complete novels collection.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Cacophonous Kingdoms, Harmonious Kingdoms, which are they to be? Is either possible as an unmixed order?
Marigold is neither as wicked as the wicked wizards, nor as good as the magical Rosalind. She’s herself, and needs to find out who that is and lean into it. As Rosalind says, “Sometimes you’ve got to mend hearts,” she said, “and sometimes, I suppose, you’ve got to throw monsters.” p. 230.
The carpenter is a woman, p. 12, as is the royal magician, p. 66;
A lovely job of indirect discourse from Marigold’s p.o.v., e.g., “Princess Rosalind had a lot of hair. It was even more golden than Marigold had heard,” p. 16
A little too precious for my taste, makes L. Frank Baum sound sophisticated and adult, but I’ll push on. And glad I did. The characters finally gained some traction around chapter 16 p. 146, with Gentleman Northwinds taking a hand. I was later disappointed that he did not play a more active role in the denoument.
Do children really find some of the humor funny? Like the Smoot-Hawley episode pp. 95-98? Or is she writing what she imagines children will like?
International intrigue - for juveniles.
A curious rope enabled Rosalind’s escape. Who put it there?
“it was the appearance of things that counted.” She could almost hear the real Torville’s voice in her ear, telling her it was the appearance of things that counted. p. 100
Marigold is an engineer! And inventor: Contraptions passim, balance p. 53, a dish-scrubbing contraption p. 55,
Marigold’s more clever and adventurous than wicked. It’s a matter of *intention* - one’s *true* intention.
Marigold practices her scowl.
blob of glop
calamity
Trope that only the wizard who casts the spell can undo the spell - see the Library of Sorcery trilogy by Joan Marie Verba. The question is what does “doing it in reverse” mean? p. 161
The wizards need a calling like the sorcerers in the Verba sorcery stories: to do good for the communities around them.
Peach turnovers, peach cobbler, peach pie,
“Hope,” said Pettifog, “is what the Thing eats when it’s not eating princesses.” p. 70
The curmudgeonly commode, pp. 38, 126,
The plot thickens with Gentleman Northwinds taking a hand.
The need for ‘big magic’
the room of creaks and whispers
The wonderful noises of the Thing when they ate the Miseries, p. 229: It groiled. It smelched. It grunkled. It splacked. It munched, and then, contentedly, it burped.
Marigold’s final judgment on Rosalind: “She’s not so bad sometimes,” Marigold said, “but she’s hopeless at table tennis.” p. 234. Because you need a bit of aggression to win at table tennis.
105 PLAGUES, per The Villains’ Bond:
invisible lizards
unkillable wasps and poison clouds and vampire hens
unquenchable fire, losing your toes one at a time
“It can’t be that simple,” said Pettifog. “Magic never is.” p. 73. And “Big magic tends to follow its own rules.” p. 226
Cf. the LESSONS from A Master Of Djinn (2021) by P. Djèlí Clark:
> Attempts to bargain with or control the forces one does not fully understand rarely end …. without consequences.
> Magic abhorred imbalance. And always exacted a price.
> Of course it wouldn’t be that easy. Magic never was.
IMPRECATIONS:
Goat wings and fish whiskers!
Stalk and mutter!
Chimney pots and lizards’ spots!
Jam in a pot!
Marigold stories. A search led me to read Magic for Marigold (1925) by L.M. Montgomery, in my complete novels collection.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Cacophonous Kingdoms, Harmonious Kingdoms, which are they to be? Is either possible as an unmixed order?
Marigold is neither as wicked as the wicked wizards, nor as good as the magical Rosalind. She’s herself, and needs to find out who that is and lean into it. As Rosalind says, “Sometimes you’ve got to mend hearts,” she said, “and sometimes, I suppose, you’ve got to throw monsters.” p. 230.
The carpenter is a woman, p. 12, as is the royal magician, p. 66;
A lovely job of indirect discourse from Marigold’s p.o.v., e.g., “Princess Rosalind had a lot of hair. It was even more golden than Marigold had heard,” p. 16
A little too precious for my taste, makes L. Frank Baum sound sophisticated and adult, but I’ll push on. And glad I did. The characters finally gained some traction around chapter 16 p. 146, with Gentleman Northwinds taking a hand. I was later disappointed that he did not play a more active role in the denoument.
Do children really find some of the humor funny? Like the Smoot-Hawley episode pp. 95-98? Or is she writing what she imagines children will like?
International intrigue - for juveniles.
A curious rope enabled Rosalind’s escape. Who put it there?
“it was the appearance of things that counted.” She could almost hear the real Torville’s voice in her ear, telling her it was the appearance of things that counted. p. 100
Marigold is an engineer! And inventor: Contraptions passim, balance p. 53, a dish-scrubbing contraption p. 55,
Marigold’s more clever and adventurous than wicked. It’s a matter of *intention* - one’s *true* intention.
Marigold practices her scowl.
blob of glop
calamity
Trope that only the wizard who casts the spell can undo the spell - see the Library of Sorcery trilogy by Joan Marie Verba. The question is what does “doing it in reverse” mean? p. 161
The wizards need a calling like the sorcerers in the Verba sorcery stories: to do good for the communities around them.
Peach turnovers, peach cobbler, peach pie,
“Hope,” said Pettifog, “is what the Thing eats when it’s not eating princesses.” p. 70
The curmudgeonly commode, pp. 38, 126,
The plot thickens with Gentleman Northwinds taking a hand.
The need for ‘big magic’
the room of creaks and whispers
The wonderful noises of the Thing when they ate the Miseries, p. 229: It groiled. It smelched. It grunkled. It splacked. It munched, and then, contentedly, it burped.
Marigold’s final judgment on Rosalind: “She’s not so bad sometimes,” Marigold said, “but she’s hopeless at table tennis.” p. 234. Because you need a bit of aggression to win at table tennis.
105 PLAGUES, per The Villains’ Bond:
invisible lizards
unkillable wasps and poison clouds and vampire hens
unquenchable fire, losing your toes one at a time
“It can’t be that simple,” said Pettifog. “Magic never is.” p. 73. And “Big magic tends to follow its own rules.” p. 226
Cf. the LESSONS from A Master Of Djinn (2021) by P. Djèlí Clark:
> Attempts to bargain with or control the forces one does not fully understand rarely end …. without consequences.
> Magic abhorred imbalance. And always exacted a price.
> Of course it wouldn’t be that easy. Magic never was.
IMPRECATIONS:
Goat wings and fish whiskers!
Stalk and mutter!
Chimney pots and lizards’ spots!
Jam in a pot!
June 7, 2025
Princess Marigold has grown up hearing about her angelically good older sister who was kidnapped by a wicked wizard when she was small. Now, over a dozen years later Princess Rosalind suddenly shows up back at the castle. Naturally, the King and Queen are ecstatic, and the parties are numerous. But Marigold starts to get fed up with the parties and her older sister who is so good that flowers literally bloom wherever she walks and her mere presence inspires kingdoms who have been at each others’ throats to suddenly enter peace talks. Marigold feels like a nobody in her sister’s shadow, and certainly incapable of measuring up to her goodness. Which makes Marigold conclude that must me she herself is wicked. (Especially when another bout of fawning over Rosalind prompts her to dump a bucket of birds on Rosalind’s head.) So Marigold runs away to the dark forest and forces her presence upon the Wizard Torville who had kidnapped her sister. Torville wants nothing to do with Marigold, but she makes a deal with him that she can prove her wickedness and impress his imp Pettifog by the end of the week, or he gets to turn her into a beetle. So Marigold sets off to make a spell that will make Rosalind basically invisible…only it doesn’t worked as planned and Marigold ends up in a mess with Torville as a blob of glop, other wizards deciding they want to do something about Rosalind, her friend Collin coming to her rescue and inadvertently getting in trouble and stuck with her, and numerous kingdoms in danger of magical backlash.
I would have liked this better if it had been more obvious that Marigold was not wicked and if there hadn’t been so much about the demon realm. Pettifog is a humorous character and I liked him, but they say Torville went to the demon realm and made a contract with the archdemon for him. Pettifog is a neat, orderly, kindly imp and very much not an evil being. So to say he’s a demon …hmmm. It gets tricky when the fantasy world starts encroaching on theology and spiritual beings people really believe in and makes things confusing for kids who are hearing one thing in a story and another thing in religious settings about such beings and literally don’t have the psychological development to distinguish the two yet. So I just wish those parts of this story had been written differently. I know certain young readers who would be fine with it, and others who I think might have issues with it, so know the reader you hand this to. I was hoping this would be more like Patricia C. Wrede’s The Dark Lord’s Daughter but it wasn’t. It was entertaining but fell short of my hopes for it.
Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: The leaders of the kingdoms in the land like to send curses on each other, like plagues of pests and quicksand and other not nice, but not deadly things. Two of the wizards are genuinely evil and start threatening lives while the others draw a line at that.
Ethnic diversity: Not really talked about, they are made up kingdoms and I don’t remember much description of anyone besides Rosalind who has flowing blond hair.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified
Other: Marigold is jealous and that leads her to lash out, though she doesn’t really wish harm on her sister.
I would have liked this better if it had been more obvious that Marigold was not wicked and if there hadn’t been so much about the demon realm. Pettifog is a humorous character and I liked him, but they say Torville went to the demon realm and made a contract with the archdemon for him. Pettifog is a neat, orderly, kindly imp and very much not an evil being. So to say he’s a demon …hmmm. It gets tricky when the fantasy world starts encroaching on theology and spiritual beings people really believe in and makes things confusing for kids who are hearing one thing in a story and another thing in religious settings about such beings and literally don’t have the psychological development to distinguish the two yet. So I just wish those parts of this story had been written differently. I know certain young readers who would be fine with it, and others who I think might have issues with it, so know the reader you hand this to. I was hoping this would be more like Patricia C. Wrede’s The Dark Lord’s Daughter but it wasn’t. It was entertaining but fell short of my hopes for it.
Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: The leaders of the kingdoms in the land like to send curses on each other, like plagues of pests and quicksand and other not nice, but not deadly things. Two of the wizards are genuinely evil and start threatening lives while the others draw a line at that.
Ethnic diversity: Not really talked about, they are made up kingdoms and I don’t remember much description of anyone besides Rosalind who has flowing blond hair.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified
Other: Marigold is jealous and that leads her to lash out, though she doesn’t really wish harm on her sister.
January 28, 2024
What worked:
Readers should feel empathy for Marigold since she grows up living in the shadow of her older sister. All she hears is how wonderful Rosalind was before being kidnapped. Marigold is a normal, curious, adventurous young girl but she can’t stand being ignored once her sister returns. She makes one too many mistakes, runs away, and starts calling herself wicked. The blob mentioned in the synopsis refers to Wizard Torvell after Marigold’s first attempt to cast a spell goes haywire. She really wants to help the wizard but is clearly in over her head. Torvell’s brother and sister, the Miseries, are constant annoyances and threats and Marigold is forced to find ways to appease them. How is Marigold supposed to support Torvell’s evil ways when her goodness keeps getting in the way?
The most amusing part of the book involves Marigold’s efforts to prove she’s wicked. She’s given seven days to convince an evil sorcerer’s imp Pettifog of her wickedness and that’s when the antics begin. Turning Torvell into a blob is funny by itself but trying to interact with him offers more humorous situations. Then, Marigold tries to reverse the spell but her efforts don’t turn out as expected. Pettifog constantly complains about her non-wickedness and laments her lame efforts to perform magic. The story shares numerous, funny mental images as Marigold stumbles along trying to be evil. Pettifog loves to knit tea napkins but he fears being returned to the world of demons. The contrast between being a demon and his love for Rosalind adds additional levity to his character.
The backbone of the plot pits good versus evil as the wizards and sorcerers fear peace will break out among the kingdoms. This news will be terrible for them since there will no longer be a demand for their wicked spells. Rosalind is the epitome of kindness with everyone loving and admiring her and she’s at the center of peace efforts that will unite the different kingdoms. On the other hand, Marigold is more inquisitive and a risk-taker so her behavior is not as well-received. She assumes that since she’s not as perfectly nice as her sister she must be wicked. She struggles with this internal conflict throughout the entire story.
What didn’t work as well:
Some readers may not appreciate the zaniness as the humor borders on slapstick. The wizards’ spells to maintain chaos are wacky and Torvell’s behavior as a blob is very strange. However, the resulting story is comical and entertaining for those readers with tolerant funny bones.
The final verdict:
The reverse expectations of Marigold trying to be wicked create a hilarious, enjoyable story. Her kind heart will endear her to young readers even as she half-heartedly tries to be evil. I recommend you give this book a shot.
Readers should feel empathy for Marigold since she grows up living in the shadow of her older sister. All she hears is how wonderful Rosalind was before being kidnapped. Marigold is a normal, curious, adventurous young girl but she can’t stand being ignored once her sister returns. She makes one too many mistakes, runs away, and starts calling herself wicked. The blob mentioned in the synopsis refers to Wizard Torvell after Marigold’s first attempt to cast a spell goes haywire. She really wants to help the wizard but is clearly in over her head. Torvell’s brother and sister, the Miseries, are constant annoyances and threats and Marigold is forced to find ways to appease them. How is Marigold supposed to support Torvell’s evil ways when her goodness keeps getting in the way?
The most amusing part of the book involves Marigold’s efforts to prove she’s wicked. She’s given seven days to convince an evil sorcerer’s imp Pettifog of her wickedness and that’s when the antics begin. Turning Torvell into a blob is funny by itself but trying to interact with him offers more humorous situations. Then, Marigold tries to reverse the spell but her efforts don’t turn out as expected. Pettifog constantly complains about her non-wickedness and laments her lame efforts to perform magic. The story shares numerous, funny mental images as Marigold stumbles along trying to be evil. Pettifog loves to knit tea napkins but he fears being returned to the world of demons. The contrast between being a demon and his love for Rosalind adds additional levity to his character.
The backbone of the plot pits good versus evil as the wizards and sorcerers fear peace will break out among the kingdoms. This news will be terrible for them since there will no longer be a demand for their wicked spells. Rosalind is the epitome of kindness with everyone loving and admiring her and she’s at the center of peace efforts that will unite the different kingdoms. On the other hand, Marigold is more inquisitive and a risk-taker so her behavior is not as well-received. She assumes that since she’s not as perfectly nice as her sister she must be wicked. She struggles with this internal conflict throughout the entire story.
What didn’t work as well:
Some readers may not appreciate the zaniness as the humor borders on slapstick. The wizards’ spells to maintain chaos are wacky and Torvell’s behavior as a blob is very strange. However, the resulting story is comical and entertaining for those readers with tolerant funny bones.
The final verdict:
The reverse expectations of Marigold trying to be wicked create a hilarious, enjoyable story. Her kind heart will endear her to young readers even as she half-heartedly tries to be evil. I recommend you give this book a shot.
May 13, 2024
Oh, I loved this book! I read it out loud to my 10-year-old daughter, and it was just the most delicious fun to share it together. We were both laughing SO HARD at various points that it was difficult to read! And we had so many great conversations along the way as we speculated about motivations, schemes, etc., from various of the fabulous array of characters in this book.
At its center is Princess Marigold, who has spent her childhood ALL too aware that her older sister Rosalind - kidnapped as a baby by the wicked Wizard Torville - was practically perfect in every way. Marigold has never been perfect at anything, much less perfectly good, and her skills at contraption-making only seem to get her into trouble. But she's never felt so absolutely terrible as when the wonderful Rosalind returns, having escaped from Torville's clutches, and their parents and the whole royal court erupt in joy.
All that Marigold can think about her own secret, personal reaction to her perfect sister's return - especially after a particularly explosive moment at a royal party - is that she herself must be genuinely WICKED...so there's nothing for it but to pack up and head off to Wizard Torville's castle, from which her sister so recently escaped, to make herself his villainous apprentice!
Everything spirals out from there into a joyfully magical and fantastical adventure. Torville isn't quite what she'd expected, his imp Pettifog is DEEPLY suspicious of Marigold's actual level of wickedness, and it all has the wonderful sense of a real fantasy classic, like a Howl's Moving Castle for the new generation. The plot and characters, to be clear, are of course totally different! But both books share the same warm, classic, and hilarious feel, with gorgeously wacky and lovable characters along with a couple of genuinely sinister ones. (Personally, my favorite character was Violet the Iguana, she of MANY fabulous outfits and painted tributes, but my daughter says the singing birds in a particularly fraught scene were her favorites! And they were really very funny.)
We were lucky enough to get an early copy of the book for review, but we've preordered a hardcover copy to keep and re-read many times in the future. It is so full of delight and comfort!
At its center is Princess Marigold, who has spent her childhood ALL too aware that her older sister Rosalind - kidnapped as a baby by the wicked Wizard Torville - was practically perfect in every way. Marigold has never been perfect at anything, much less perfectly good, and her skills at contraption-making only seem to get her into trouble. But she's never felt so absolutely terrible as when the wonderful Rosalind returns, having escaped from Torville's clutches, and their parents and the whole royal court erupt in joy.
All that Marigold can think about her own secret, personal reaction to her perfect sister's return - especially after a particularly explosive moment at a royal party - is that she herself must be genuinely WICKED...so there's nothing for it but to pack up and head off to Wizard Torville's castle, from which her sister so recently escaped, to make herself his villainous apprentice!
Everything spirals out from there into a joyfully magical and fantastical adventure. Torville isn't quite what she'd expected, his imp Pettifog is DEEPLY suspicious of Marigold's actual level of wickedness, and it all has the wonderful sense of a real fantasy classic, like a Howl's Moving Castle for the new generation. The plot and characters, to be clear, are of course totally different! But both books share the same warm, classic, and hilarious feel, with gorgeously wacky and lovable characters along with a couple of genuinely sinister ones. (Personally, my favorite character was Violet the Iguana, she of MANY fabulous outfits and painted tributes, but my daughter says the singing birds in a particularly fraught scene were her favorites! And they were really very funny.)
We were lucky enough to get an early copy of the book for review, but we've preordered a hardcover copy to keep and re-read many times in the future. It is so full of delight and comfort!
September 30, 2024
What did you like about the book? All her life, Princess Marigold has heard countless tales about her perfect older sister, Princess Rosalind - a girl who as an infant could make flowers bloom and all the animals sing with just a laugh. But Rosalind was kidnapped by the wicked wizard Torville at a young age, and the Cacophonous kingdom laments her absence to this day. Until, Rosalind escapes and returns. Everyone is ecstatic, except for Marigold. The second princess knows she is not nearly as pretty, perfect, or good as Rosalind. In fact, after trying to sabotage Rosalind’s welcome-back party, Marigold realizes that she must be wicked instead. So she escapes her goodie-two-shoes kingdom to find a place where she can belong: the wicked wizard’s Torville’s fortress. Despite Torville’s hesitation to accept her as an apprentice, Marigold is desperate to prove herself, even when one of her spells goes catastrophically wrong and she is entangled in a devious plot to destroy the kingdoms. What’s the worst that can happen?
Wicked Marigold is a hilarious fantasy tale that both celebrates and bashes the princess trope, by pitting the perfect princess and the rogue princess against one other, creating comically disastrous results. Readers will root for Marigold throughout because, even though she is trying to prove her wickedness, that’s not her real issue: She just wants to feel important to her family, but she can’t as long as her older sister does everything perfectly. So, she tries to do the opposite (emphasis on try). Marigold is crafty, hands-on, and intelligent, solving intractable problems and willing to try new ideas to make things right. The side characters, from Torville, his uppity imp Pettifog, to Marigold’s brave baking friend, and the other wicked wizards are all delightful. Overall, this is a funny and endearing fantasy that all readers will get a kick out of. Link: https://ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2...
Wicked Marigold is a hilarious fantasy tale that both celebrates and bashes the princess trope, by pitting the perfect princess and the rogue princess against one other, creating comically disastrous results. Readers will root for Marigold throughout because, even though she is trying to prove her wickedness, that’s not her real issue: She just wants to feel important to her family, but she can’t as long as her older sister does everything perfectly. So, she tries to do the opposite (emphasis on try). Marigold is crafty, hands-on, and intelligent, solving intractable problems and willing to try new ideas to make things right. The side characters, from Torville, his uppity imp Pettifog, to Marigold’s brave baking friend, and the other wicked wizards are all delightful. Overall, this is a funny and endearing fantasy that all readers will get a kick out of. Link: https://ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2...
October 25, 2024
A lot of books I read can be either for upper elementary or for middle school students. This reads on the younger end of that range. Younger children of the "perfect" older child will totally GET Marigold's feelings of inadequacy and resentment towards her Perfectly Good older sister Rosalind who everybody Loves, leaving her to run away and be Bad. This is an interesting conundrum, because as an author, how do you demonstrate "badness" in a way that child readers will understand, yet not be traumatizing? How soon will the child readers pick up on the fact that the demonic imp Pettifog and Evil Wizard Torville aren't actually that evil, despite their reputation and gloomy castle? Who really are the Bad ones? I liked the fact that I couldn't tell how it was going to end: was Rosalind going to be just pretend Good? In actuality, she wins over some of the Evil Wizards through her Goodness and inviting them in for some hot chocolate, but she admits that sometimes you have to deal with a situation by throwing a scary monster at it.
October 31, 2023
Lucky me, I got to read an early copy of WICKED MARIGOLD and was charmed and delighted from page one! Caroline Carlson's writing is always clever and funny, and is a wonderful fit for this twist on a princess story. Younger sister Princess Marigold will never be able to live up to her perfect older sister Princess Rosalind's standards, so why even try? Instead, she decides to embrace wickedness and runs off to a fortress in the forest to join forces with a dark wizard. Of course, things don't go exactly to plan...
Chock full of blobby and tentacled creatures, sublimely silly evil wizards, and a perfectly imperfect princess you can’t help but root for, WICKED MARIGOLD will find many fans, young and old. I can't wait until it hits the shelves.
Chock full of blobby and tentacled creatures, sublimely silly evil wizards, and a perfectly imperfect princess you can’t help but root for, WICKED MARIGOLD will find many fans, young and old. I can't wait until it hits the shelves.
December 11, 2024
I'll pretty much read anything Carlson wants to write. Marigold is an excellent protagonist, the kind that Carlson specializes in--which is to say, a young woman who is not doing what is expected of her and so has to reconfigure her own understanding of herself outside the context of what others have in mind for her. This leads to believing herself to be "wicked" but really only being someone who has to make her own way through the world the best way she can (which usually involves being radically kind to people and creatures that also find themselves outside the idea of "typical).
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January 13, 2025Nothing mind-blowing here, but this was sweet & consistently funny, while sneaking in some fun words like "marmorated." It will definitely find a lot of readers & popularity. The dynamics between Rosalind and Marigold are also - probably - relatable to those with siblings (I wouldn't know!)
To me it's like Frozen meets Wicked; good for Disney or fairy tale fans who are now reading chapter books (2nd grade if they have the vocabulary or if it's read-aloud; 3rd-5th grade otherwise)
To me it's like Frozen meets Wicked; good for Disney or fairy tale fans who are now reading chapter books (2nd grade if they have the vocabulary or if it's read-aloud; 3rd-5th grade otherwise)
November 23, 2025
I picked this up after finishing Grace of Wild Things, and it didn't disappoint. Super adorable. Similar in vein - a girl runs away to apprentice herself to a wicked witch/wizard, then has to prove herself to said adult - though I think the story plot was a little simpler. Really channels that sibling angst of trying to live up to an overachieving sibling, and I think it does a great job of showing how she finds her own place/value.
October 18, 2024
What a fun book! I would call this a humorous fantasy book. There is the perfect amount of action and tensions, with a fantastical plot, but so humorous as well. I'm not sure portraying the characters in a "cartoonish" way on the cover helps promote the book. But once you understand the plot, it works. One of my favorite reads of 2024 so far.
July 24, 2024
This Book is Wickedly Funny!
Many kids feel what it is like to live in the shadow of an older sibling. If the older child is particularly talented or well behaved, then the younger one may feel pressured to rebel. Marigold has grown up being compared to her older sister Rosalyn who had been kidnapped by an evil wizard long before she was even born. Everyone remembers her perfect sister who's laughter whose words could mend hearts and laughter could make the flowers bloom. Marigold who is anything but perfect, feels even more overshadowed and ignored when Rosalyn returns. When Marigold runs away to live with the Evil Wizard Torval and his imp,she must prove herself wicked if she wishes to stay. But being truly evil, is just as difficult as being perfectly good. Carolyn Carlson has done a fantastic job of world building, complete with the bickering Cacophonous Kingdoms, and a society of evil wizards, most of whom don't really seem that evil after all. The scenery is well described, the characters are well rounded, and the plot is great. When the story is finished and the laughter is over, the young reader will understand that we all have different sides to ourselves and no one is just one thing. This funny fantasy is a delightful middle grade must read.
Many kids feel what it is like to live in the shadow of an older sibling. If the older child is particularly talented or well behaved, then the younger one may feel pressured to rebel. Marigold has grown up being compared to her older sister Rosalyn who had been kidnapped by an evil wizard long before she was even born. Everyone remembers her perfect sister who's laughter whose words could mend hearts and laughter could make the flowers bloom. Marigold who is anything but perfect, feels even more overshadowed and ignored when Rosalyn returns. When Marigold runs away to live with the Evil Wizard Torval and his imp,she must prove herself wicked if she wishes to stay. But being truly evil, is just as difficult as being perfectly good. Carolyn Carlson has done a fantastic job of world building, complete with the bickering Cacophonous Kingdoms, and a society of evil wizards, most of whom don't really seem that evil after all. The scenery is well described, the characters are well rounded, and the plot is great. When the story is finished and the laughter is over, the young reader will understand that we all have different sides to ourselves and no one is just one thing. This funny fantasy is a delightful middle grade must read.
August 5, 2024
Evil has never been so charming! Wicked Marigold turns good and evil on their heads in this enchanting fairy tale romp. Full of whimsy, humor, and excellently evil blobs of goo, Marigold is pure delight and is certain to steal your heart.
November 16, 2024
Caroline Carlson creates the best spitfire-type girl protagonists--and also the best weirdo little magical sidekick guys. Oh and also bad guys who are secretly kind of good. And friends who are loyal and sweet.
December 29, 2024
Fantasy stand alone for all ages, this story of Marigold who isn't exactly good not exactly wicked is delightful and a hoot. If you like stories with wizards, witches, spells and princesses; you'll enjoy this.
January 31, 2025
2.75, Upper elementary fantasy with several clever plot points, a few interesting characters, and the occasional inspired turn of phrase. But at least 40% longer than it needed to be, and nothing terribly interesting to set it apart in the genre.
June 26, 2024
So much fun! A perfect summertime middle great read. Wonderful, charming characters and engaging storyline. Kids will definitely love this book!
July 21, 2024
Highly recommend! I absolutely loved this book. It is light and fun and fast-paced. It also has profound perspectives about how we find our place in life. I laughed out loud often.
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