Jean Ferris
Author
Series
Upon a Marigold volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
Author
Series
Upon a Marigold volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a quiet, happy year in a small town, Queen Olympia regains her memory and initiates new plots and manipulations, as the residents of Zandelphia and Beaurivage, now ruled by Christian, Marigold, and Swithbert, feel the effects of her bad energy.
Author
Series
Upon a Marigold volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Princess Poppy, the daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is kidnapped by the kingdom's former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief, a ragtag group sets out to rescue her.
5) Underground
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1839, visitors from miles around come to Kentucky to tour Mammoth Cave. But, sixteen-year-old Charlotte, the maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, doesn't understand its appeal. As a slave, she is already trapped, and she doesn't see the point in risking being trapped underground as well. Still, she's curious when Stephen Bishop, another slave who is the cave's expert guide and chief explorer, makes some big discoveries underground, and she's interested...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Once upon a Marigold, a fairy tale turned upside down, inside out, and completely over the top! Join Christian and Marigold through their one-of-a-kind adventures in this trilogy of tales that's part comedy, part love story, part everything-but-the-kitchen-sink.
With echoes of William Goldman's modern classic The Princess Bride, Jean Ferris's hilarious parody of "Once upon a time . . ." overflows with oddball characters and sage observations...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Berkeley, who has never lived with her father, accepts his offer to accompany him to Europe as a graduation present and finds herself struggling with the idea of accepting him as he really is and not as the ideal father she's always wanted.
12) Signs of life
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Unable to grieve after the death of her twin sister, seventeen-year-old Hannah accompanies her parents to Lascaux, France, where she visits the caves and discovers an astonishing connection between herself and her prehistoric ancestors.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
When he visits his father in the Florida Keys, sixteen-year-old Brian is befriended by a local captain who involves him in the search for a centuries-old sunken ship and gives him insight into several difficult personal relationships.