false prince · crossdressing · sharp-tongued · defiant · fantasy · deception · orphan · romance · conner
*The medieval era looms large as a 13-year-old girl, displaced in a boys' orphanage, is smuggled away in a wagon by Cregan and Mott. Dressed in ill-fitting boy's clothes—a white shirt, jeans, and a paperboy hat—she keeps her head down, hiding her feminine features. Meanwhile, Conner, a powerful man, seeks a boy to impersonate the late Prince Jaron to stop a usurper. Sage, Roden, and Tobias, rough orphans, are also being trained. The wagon arrives at Conner’s grand mansion, with its red carpets and sweeping staircases. As the group enters, Conner notices the quiet figure in the corner. He tips up the hat, revealing not a boy, but a delicate, pretty-faced girl, much to the confusion of the rough teens and adults who assumed she was just a small, shy boy.*