The Whipping Boy - Softcover

Fleischman, Sid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395732603 ISBN 13: 9780395732601

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School

Synopsis

1997 Houghton Mifflin Paperback Plus Level 5 Theme: Do You Believe This? -- The Whipping Boy (P) by Sid Fleischman / Illustrated by Peter Sis ***1-34593-5 ***Newbery Medal Winner ***ISBN-13: 9780395732601 ***Pages: 104

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Review:

For kids to get their dose of action and thrills, they need not always go to the local multiplex for the latest bang 'em up film. They could try such books as The Whipping Boy, which relies not on exploding spaceships and demonic robots but mythic story, humorous characters and, ready or not, a moral. The plot involves the orphan Jemmy, who must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat. Jemmy plans to flee this arrangement until Prince Brat beats him to it, and takes Jemmy along. Jemmy then hears he's charged with the Prince's abduction as this Newbery Medal winning book turns toward a surprising close.

From the Back Cover:

A Prince
and a Pauper

Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like one another. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School
• ISBN 10: 0395732603
• ISBN 13: 9780395732601
• Binding: Paperback