Ascendance Trilogy: The False Prince (Hardcover)

from REGoodrich

I enjoyed this fun adventure a great deal, and I recommend it to any age reader from middle grade on up. This could be the book to perk a young man's interest in reading, as the story centers around three orphan boys with hopes of one day sitting on the throne. The author did a wonderful job of c...

from mt256

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen is the first book in the middle grade fantasy, The Ascendance Trilogy. The story focuses on Sage. He's a resourceful orphan who is usually up to no good. He catches the eye of Conner, a nobleman, who has taken three boys off the street to try and make them ...

from lilibrarian

Sage, son of deceased parents, lives in an orphanage. When a peer of the realm comes and purchases him as a servant, it is to prep him and others who look like him so one can pose as the missing prince, the only survivor of the royal family. Unfortunately, this nobleman has good reason to believe...

from Velmeran

I checked this book out from the library.This book is a solid read with an interesting story line. The characters are complex and well-developed if not exactly the sort of people with whom you'd want to socialize. It is not spectacular for the latter reason.I read this book with my two teen daugh...

from JLsBibliomania

While the supporting characters were a tad stereotypical and predictable, overall this book is a big win. Shelved by my library as YA (perhaps since the main character is 12), this book seems more suitable for the younger end of the "Middle grade" audience. Reading as an adult, I predicted the bi...