Review: A Wonderful New Twist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2011
In the mythical medieval kingdom of Xawia, two newborn princes were separated at birth. But the law of the land, death to the second born of twins, was subverted and the younger twin hidden away, like the baby Moses. Years later he is found and now he must save his new-found, but damaged, brother by secretly replacing him as crown prince. You can't help but remember The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain when you read this book, but this story offers its own charming uniqueness in plot and characters, and I found myself wholly absorbed. The Urchin King is a wonderfully crafted book in which the prose and all elements of structure very quickly become invisible and the story seems to tell itself.