Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Adventure stories, Fantasy fiction

Theft--Juvenile fiction; Contests--Juvenile fiction; Impersonation--Juvenile fiction; Princes--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction; Secrecy--Juvenile fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Good and evil--Juvenile fiction; Missing persons--Juvenile fiction; Murder--Juvenile fiction; Friendship in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Authors, American--Utah--Juvenile fiction; Fantasy fiction, American--Juvenile fiction; Adventure stories, American--Juvenile fiction;

In a discontent 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.

2012, Association for Mormon Letters, Middle Grade Fiction Award winner

813 N5539411asce bk.1

9780545284134

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English

First edition

Ascendance Trilogy, bk. 1