Book cover for The Dozen From Lakerim by Rupert Hughes

The Dozen From Lakerim

2026 Released
3-4 Hours
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Double 9 BooksISBN 9789378309892

The dozen from lakerim follows a close knit group of schoolboys who build a competitive club and carry their shared identity into a demanding academy environment. The story explores teamwork, rivalry, and personal discipline through organized sport, daily routine, and shifting friendships. Collective effort and group loyalty stand at the center, showing how cooperation and healthy competition shape character and confidence. Training, contests, and school traditions provide structure for episodes that test honesty, courage, and fairness. Conflicts arise from pride, jealousy, and rule breaking, but resolution grows through accountability and mutual respect. The narrative highlights youthful energy, ambition, and the pressure to prove oneself within peer groups and institutional expectations. Humor and tension alternate, keeping the tone lively while reinforcing lessons about persistence and sportsmanship. Growth is presented as a social process, built through shared goals and corrective experience. The novel treats school life as preparation for adult responsibility, where effort, loyalty, and integrity transform talent into dependable character.

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