This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Golden Sower Award. It was recognised in the Middle School category by the California Young Reader Medal. It also was recognised in the YA category by the Utah Book Award. It was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award. Also it was recognised by the Iowa Teen Award. It was recognised in the Junior / YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award. It was recognised in the Teen category by the Nutmeg Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award.

This is book 1 in The Ascendance Trilogy .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

There are 342 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Scholastic US .

Jennifer A. Nielsen is the acclaimed author of the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller THE FALSE PRINCE and THE RUNAWAY KING, the first two books in the Ascendance Trilogy. She has also written The Underworld Chronicles, a humorous middle-grade fantasy series. Jen lives in northern Utah with her husband, their three children, and a perpetually muddy dog.