Among the Barons
Luke Garner, an illegal third child, spent his first twelve years in hiding. For the past four months Luke has lived among others, using the identity of Lee Grant, at the Hendricks School for Boys. But just as things are finally starting to go right, Lee's little brother Smits arrives at the...
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Luke Garner, an illegal third child, spent his first twelve years in hiding. For the past four months Luke has lived among others, using the identity of Lee Grant, at the Hendricks School for Boys. But just as things are finally starting to go right, Lee's little brother Smits arrives at the school and Luke finds himself caught in a tangle of lies that gets more complex with every passing day. Can Luke trust Smits to keep his secret? And can he trust Smits's menacing bodyguard, Oscar?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689839108 (0689839103)
ASIN: 689839103
Publish date: September 1st 2004
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: Shadow Children (#4)
This is the fourth book of the Shadow Children series. It revisits the character Luke, aka Lee Grant, and continues his fight as a third child. The name he is living under, Lee Grand, is the dead son of a prominent family. Luke then goes to live with the Grand family, whom he is highly suspicious an...
It took a long time for the story to take off, and so I wasn't too impressed with most of this book. But then came the ending... and I just adored the ending. Smit's a good kid. Can't wait to see what happens next.
I wouldn’t change a thing in this book. Finally a book in this series where you can’t really complain about anything! It kept me hanging on and I wanted to keep reading. While this might not be a book that I’d want to read over and over again, it was well done and the perfect balance between a kid’s...
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