The False Prince (the Ascendance Series, Book 1): Volume 1

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Hardcover
Publish Date: April 2012
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.1
EAN: 9780545284134

Overview

New York Times bestseller The False Prince thrills with wild twists and turns, danger and deceit, and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.

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.And don’t miss the highly anticipated fourth book in the series, The Captive Kingdom, coming October 2020!

Details

Pages: 352
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 in
Lexile Score: 710
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 12
ISBN: 0545284139

Awards

2015 Golden Archer Award - Nominee (Middle/Junior High)
2015 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Winner (Grades 6-8)
2015 Nene Award - Nominee (Children's Fiction)
2015 Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-8)
2015 Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner (Intermediate)
2015 William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2015 Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee (Middle Grades)
2014 Beehive Awards - Winner (Young Adult)
2014 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner (Tween)
2014 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee (Grades 3-6)
2014 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee (Ages 12 & Up)
2014 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Truman Readers Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2013 E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Finalist (Middle Readers)
2013 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2013 Utah Book Award - Winner (Young Adult)
2012 Cybils - Winner (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr)