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The false prince / Jennifer A. Nielsen.
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545284134
- ISBN: 0545284139
- ISBN: 9780545433471
- Physical Description: 342 pages : map ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, c[2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sequel: The runaway king. |
| Target Audience Note: | 710 Lexile. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 12.0 150554. |
| Awards Note: | Young Hoosier Award, 2014-15. Young Hoosier Book Middle Grades Award nominee, 2014-2015. |
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| Subject: | Impersonation > Fiction. Princes > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Courts and courtiers > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. |
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- 54 of 73 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 1 current hold with 73 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Akron Carnegie PL - Akron | YA FIC NIE (Text) | 75253000065330 | Young Adult | Available | - |
| Andrews-Dallas PL - Andrews | TF NIE (Text) | 73351000048285 | Teen Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Boswell Grant Twp PL - Boswell | YA NIE 1 (Text) | 38144000312092 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Brazil PL - Brazil | JUVENILE NIELSEN (Text) | 38160000559250 | Youth Services | Available | - |
| Brownstown PL - Brownstown | YA NIELSEN ASCENDA b.1 (Text) | 79361000077583 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Butler PL - Butler | YA FIC NIELSE Ascendance 1 (Text) | 73174005014839 | Young Adult: Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden-Jackson Twp PL - Camden | YA NIE (Text) | 74082000017687 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | YA FIC NIE (Text) | 33118000154606 | Young Adult: Fiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |
| Centerville Center Twp PL - Centerville | J FIC NIE Bk.1 (Text) | 76895000202392 | 2nd Floor Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library - Main | TEEN NIELSEN (Text)
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38324000340018 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war. - Baker & Taylor
A first entry in a new trilogy by the author ofElliot and the Goblin War finds court nobleman Conner endeavoring to unify a kingdom on the brink of civil war by finding an impersonator of the king's long-lost son, a role desperately played by a defiant youth who faces life-threatening dangers. - Scholastic
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!
