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The False Prince : Ascendance [electronic resource] / Jennifer A. Nielsen.

ISBN: 9780545392495
ISBN: 0545392497
Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 pages)
Publisher: [United States] : Scholastic Inc., 2012.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Nielsen, Jennifer A., (author.). hoopla digital. (Added Author).

Summary:

In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well. As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together. An extraordinary adventure filled with danger and action, lies and deadly truths that will have readers clinging to the edge of their seats.