In a funny and charming fantastical romp, overlooked Princess Marigold is nothing like her perfect, just-returned sisterтАФso she runs away to an evil wizardтАЩs tower to prove her wickedness.
Princess MarigoldтАФwho hadnтАЩt yet been born when the remarkable Princess Rosalind was kidnappedтАФis eleven when the unthinkable happens: her older sister escapes her captivity and comes home. Marigold has always known sheтАЩs not as good, sweet, or kind as the sister everyone adores, but amid the celebration of RosalindтАЩs return, Marigold realizes something new: if Princess Rosalind is good, then Princess Marigold must be wicked. And thereтАЩs no place for wickedness in the kingdom. When Marigold tries to find a new place for herself in an evil wizardтАЩs fortress, though, the results are disastrous. Before sheтАЩs 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 sheтАФwith the help of a kitchen boy, a well-dressed imp, and a grumpy blob of glopтАФfind her own way to restore peace? This endearing fantasy will have princess and anti-princess fans alike chuckling and cheering.