SUCH a good book. The book sucked me in from the very first sentence, and that takes some serious skill. It started with a thievery and ended with the return of the supposedly "dead" prince. I loved the rich, deep felt cast of original characters, especially Sage(/Jaron) and how he always did what he thought was right no matter what the consequences. I absolutely enjoyed all the sarcastic jokes that he made, even in the toughest situations. Percy Jackson fans will love this delicious, unpredictable book!
The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)
By Jennifer A. Nielsen
Book 1 of 4 in the
The Ascendance Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | Z | 5.1 | 76938 |
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.
An extraordinary adventure filled with danger and action, lies and deadly truths that will have readers clinging to the edge of their seats.
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.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-13: 9780545284134
ISBN-10: 0545284139
Published on 4/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Book Reviews (79)
Ahh! I thought this book was amazing as well - I do love fantasy stories.. a lot... :D
False Prince was a book on my summer reading. The main character is an orphan named Sage. Other characters are orphans, Tobias, Roden, and Latamer. There is also Connor a nobleman with a plan of his own. Long lost Prince Jaron was sent overseas to study, but his ship was attacked by pirates (thought to be sent by Avenia which is untrue). Prince Jaron's body was never discovered, but many assume the prince's body sank into the ocean with many others. About four years later, the king, queen, and oldest son Prince Darrius are food poisoned. Who will now be the king of Carthya? Many of the king's regents and noblemen have came up with their ideas of training boys to pretend to be Prince Jaron or simply take over the throne themselves. Connor is one of them. He collects four orphan boys and trains them to act like Prince Jaron. Sage doesn't want to be a false prince, but if he doesn't get chosen, he will be killed which isn't a really better alternative. He befriends a man named Mott and a "mute" servant girl by the name Imogen. He finds himself making false friends and realizes that he better work hard in the 2 week timeline before Connor chooses his prince. You think you know everything as you read, but I think the biggest twist is that SPOILER: Sage IS the real Prince Jaron. Please read this book!!!!!!!!!! It is SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE FALSE PRINCE This book is written by Jennifer A. Nielsen The main characters, Sage: Prince Jaron in disguise as an orphan Tobias: one of the orphans the Conner choose to be the false price Roden: one of the orphans the Conner choose to be the false price Conner: a regent of the king This story taken in a country called Carthya. Where the royal family was murdered and a lot of noble people trying to trick their way to the throne. And one of them was Conner who is an adviser of the king. Conner's plan is to use an orphan and make him into Prince Jaron. Prince Jaron was attack by a group of pirate while he was traveling through the ocean, and no one know what happen to him. except for Conner because he is the person that hired the pirate to go kill Prince Jaron. And the pirate had to retrieve the crown of prince Jaron too. So he chose 4 orphans and kill one of them just so that the other 3 kids(Sage, Roden, and Tobias) would not to run away. Soon we have learned that Jaron had to escape from the ship before the pirate attack, because he didn't want to go to learn in another other city. So he escaped to Avenia(a city next to Carthya) and stayed with a priest. Then a few month later his dad found him and gave him some coins, fools gold and told Jaron how to use it. Then Jaron went to stay at an orphanage house. Then one day Conner came and took him from the orphanage. Then Conner took them to his house in Frathenwood. There Conner would trained them manner like how to eat and dress, how to sword fighting, how to ride a horse, language, and other thing a prince should know. Mott and Cregent are the teacher that taught them. Mott is a nice person. he liked Sage. But Cregent is a bad person. he liked to torture the kids when they do some thing wrong. While staying at Conner's house Sage make himself to be less discipline like not training hard on any thing. And every night he sneak out off the bed room and went to explore around, so he found secret passages through out the house. This secret came in to use when he found out that Conner took his fools gold. So he use the secret passage to sneak in to Conner's room and take back his fools gold. When Conner found out he was furious. So he sent him to the dungeon to be whip, then sent him back to train. Soon we learn that Conner will control the throne through the false prince. After they finish training, Conner choose Roden to be the false prince because he is good at sword fighting like Jaron and brave. Not like Tobias he is smart but he can't pick up a sword. But when Conner saw Sage doing knuckle roll he change his mine because prince Jaron is very good at knuckle roll. And, Roden and Tobias can't do knuckle roll. Then Conner going to kill Roden and Tobias, but Sage save them by tell Conner to them with him or he won't corporate. When they arrive at the castle, they found that many people are doing the same thing that they are doing. So Sage was not allowed to go inside the castle. So he tell Conner that he know a way in to the castle by going up a small stream and in to a small tunnel. While in the tunnel Roden turn against Conner he try to kill sage Reden lost, but Sage let him go. When they got in to the castle Sage went and in front of every body and said that he is Prince Jaron. But the Prime regent ask him to prove that he is the Prince. So Sage take got his fools gold and give it to the Prime regent and told him that it’s gold. So the Prime regent told every one that the king had told him that if a boy give fools gold to you and said that it is gold he is Prince Jaron. In the end Conner got put in to jail and people have a big celebration for the returning of the Prince. The End
This book is so good. It leaves you guessing and has many twists. You don't know much about the main character until 3/4 through the book but it makes it more interesting.
This book has many twists and unexpected happenings that I NEVER would have guessed. Now I can't wait to read Book 2!
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this is great
great book
When i read this i was surprised how good this author is she never disappoints you.she put action and mystery in this.There a lot of secrets you will find out.thanks to Jennifer Nielson this is one of my favorite authors
this is a really GREAT BOOK! you should read it!!