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Available
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Description
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.
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Publication
Scholastic Paperbacks (2013), 352 pages
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2015)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2015)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2015)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2014)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2015)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2014)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2014)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2014)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2015)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2015)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2016)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2014)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2015)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2015)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2014)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2015)
Association for Mormon Letters Award (Winner — Middle Grade Fiction — 2012)
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Winner — 2015)
Truman Readers Award (Nominee — 2015)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2014)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2015)
Whitney Award (Winner — Middle Grade — 2012)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2015)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
CYBILS Awards (Winner — 2012)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Honor Book — 2013)
Utah Book Award (Young Adult Literature — 2014)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2013)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2012)
Idaho Battle of the Books (2021)
Texas Lone Star Reading List (2013)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2012)
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Original publication date
2012-04
Physical description
7.4 inches
ISBN
0545284147 / 9780545284141