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My INS book is Ranger's apprentice The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan. We start in a kingdom, around the medieval times and it's pretty peaceful. Our main character is named Will. His parents died when he was born therefore, he lived as a ward (orphan) in castle redmont. Will had some friends by then name's of: Jenny, Alyss and George. There is one more of his wardmates nevertheless, he was a jerk to Will. When Wil was 15 years old, he along with his wardmates were allowed to be an apprentice of a certain craft master. There was battle school, scribe school, diplomatic service, cooking and ranger's apprentice. will along with his wardmates went to the castle where they would be assigned to a craft master, if they were accepted by any craft

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