The magical friendship of Phoebe and her best friend, unicorn Marigold
Heavenly Nostrils, is back in this second adventure of a girl and her
mythical creature!
One year has passed since Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond,
accidentally hit a unicorn in the face, and was granted a single
wish--which she used to make the unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils,
her obligational best friend. In some ways, not much has changed. At
school Phoebe still clashes with her rival--and sometimes "frenemy"--he
ever-taunting and imperious Dakota. Outside of school, she still fills
her free time with extra-credit homework assignments, dramatic
monologues about the injustices associated with school cliques, and
imaginative conspiracy theories regarding global forces like the
"powerful construction paper lobby." But unlike before, Phoebe now has a
best friend to share it with--someone to make her laugh and to listen to
all her extravagant ideas.
In this second volume of Dana Simpson's Phoebe and Her Unicorn series,
titled, Unicorn on a Roll, the reader is invited on a journey into the
lives of Phoebe and Marigold as they navigate the difficulties of grade
school, celebrate the winter holidays, and explore their super
hero/super villain personas together. Join in the fun, as Phoebe
competes against Dakota for the leading role of "Lisa Ladybug" in their
fourth-grade play--or as she struggles to "manage" the PR debacle
related to her nose-picking-scandal. ("I will neither confirm nor deny
the events surrounding Boogergate.") Witness a band of unicorns staging
an "intervention" and learn all the details of Marigold's secret crush
on a mysterious creature she has never seen. Perhaps most important,
watch as this surprising friendship between a charming, nine-year-old
dreamer and a vain, mythical beast forever changes both of them for the
better.
