Monday, September 15, 2014

The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen

This book is a fun read, full of action and sword-fights, alliances and betrayals. An orphan named Sage, who is quite skilled at "procuring" things that don't belong to him, is adopted (basically, purchased) by a strange man who takes him to his mansion to train him to be a prince.  The king and queen have been murdered, but no one knows about it yet except his strange benefactor.  Their only son, Prince Jaron, has been missing for years and presumed dead.  Sage and two other boys have been chosen to try and impersonate Prince Jaron so that they could become King.  Of course, only one boy is needed, so the competition is fierce.  Sage doesn't know who to trust or which fork to use to eat his salad. This is the first book of a trilogy (the second one is The Runaway King) and it promises to be a great adventure!

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