People have been telling me for YEARS to read this book and they were so right. Middle grade fun adventures with swords, horses, and courtly intrigue at its finest. I forget how innocent and fun middle grade books can be. The story of this is: the whole royal family was poisoned and in order for the kingdom to not dissolve into various nobles scrambling for the throne, one scheming regent comes up with a plan to present an orphan boy as the kingdom’s long lost prince. Fun fun fun!