Looking for book suggestions for young readers? Here’s what one 11-year-old (my daughter) thought about these three books: Drizzle, Pennyroyal Academy, and Once Upon a Marigold.
Drizzle
I loved this book so much that I couldn’t put it down! I finished it in one day and it has over two hundred pages! That’s how good it was!
I found myself so immersed in the plot and I could not wait to find out what happened next and I’m not really sure how to say how good it was without giving you spoilers (and I’m not usually one to care about spoilers!) but you just need to know that it was such a great book!
The descriptions were super great too because they were the perfect balance between locking the picture in your brain so you know what it looks like, while still being able to play with your imagination! I love this book so much!
Pennyroyal Academy
This book is among my favorite books because I really love the story line, the setting, and the descriptions. The story line is really interesting because it has the unexpected plot twists that are a characteristic of a really good book. The setting is cool because it basically tells you how things are, and then it fits the main character into that perfectly. The descriptions are, Well, you know descriptive, And really work well with the setting!
Another great thing about this book is that the beginning really pulls you in and makes you want to read more and more, and continues throughout the book and ties in really well with the plot twists. Overall, I think that this is a really great book! I definitely recommend this one!

Once Upon a Marigold
I love this book so much and it definitely fits into my favorite books. A few of the reasons I love it are that I love the references to fairy tales that we are familiar with but twisting them up a little bit and I love the setting. I find that even when I reread it, I still get surprised by the plot twists and the author did a very good job of setting the scene for those plot twists. Apart from these, I also love how humorous this book is. I would definitely recommend this as a book to read because it has a really good plot and also really good characters.
*Jenette’s note: My daughter loved this book so much (as she said,) that she requested the Marigold Tales Three in One Book It was a bit of an investment, but it was her birthday present!