Thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove finds his life turned upside down when his father is kidnapped, and he learns that his mother is a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, and now it is up to him with Greta and Ronan, his companions, to escape the Bend Sinister. Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level: 4.1 ATOS Book Level: 5 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 9 AR Quiz: 174102EN Reading Counts Level: 4.4 Reading Counts Points: 16 Lexile Measure: 710 Iowa Children's Choice 2015 -2016. Teaching Books: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=38126.