The False Prince by Jennifer A. Neilsen

Someone keeps taking orphans away and no one knows why. He thinks he's helping the kingdom through treachery. He brings them to a castle to train, but for what? He's training them to look, act, and be, the lost prince so that he can take over the kingdom through the "lost prince." The orphans that don't get picked get killed instead. They are all fighting to the death if they have to, to get that crown. I would rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars. (I don't do that very often!!) This book is for children ages 10 and up. It is 342 pages long.

Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz

When Alex is in the hospital, he meets a new friend. And when he finds that friend in danger, he tries to help. But, the help is not a normal way of helping; instead, he acts as if he were his friend so that the criminals capture him instead. He may not fully know what kind of trouble he's getting himself into by doing this one small trickery. He doesn't know where he is, or if M16 even knows where he is. But he does know one thing, he can survive anything. This book is for children ages 9 and older. It's 323 pages long. I would rate this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

Princess Academy, The Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale

They're back and ready for more adventures. This time, they are traveling up to where the castle is. What they don't know is that there is a giant war brewing and the new queen is in danger. One of the girls is sent to spy on them and figure out what and why there is a war. Will she see the reasoning of that side and agree with it, or will she defend her best friend, the queen? This book is 323 pages long and is for children ages 9 and up. I would rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars.

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

When mountain girls get called to leave their families to go to a princess academy, they are scared. They've never left the comfort of their mountain. They journey up to the academy where they can't see their families again for a long time. The teacher is rude, the girls aren't learning very well, and the one time the girls could leave and see their families they got snowed in. They didn't think it could get any worse, until kidnappers found them. The kidnappers knew that one of the girls there would end up being the future queen. The kidnappers wanted death and if they could get their way, that's exactly what they'd get. This book has 336 pages and is for children ages 8 and up. I would rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars.