The Whipping Boy
Trade paperback in good condition with some wear to the cover. Ages 7-10.
“What was he looking for, a prince in fine velvets and a crown cocked on his head? Was it clothes that made a prince, Jemmy wondered, just as rags made a street boy?”
A shout comes echoing up the stairway. “Fetch the whipping boy!”
A young orphan named Jemmy arouses from his sleep. “Ain’t I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What’s the prince done now?”
It was forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. Jemmy had been plucked from the streets to serve as whipping boy to the arrogant and spiteful Prince Brat.
Dreaming of running away, Jemmy finds himself trapped in Prince Brat’s own dream at once brash and perilous.
In this briskly told tale of high adventure, taut with suspense and rich with colorful characters, the whipping boy and Prince Brat must at last confront each other.
Sid Fleishman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel.
Trade paperback in good condition with some wear to the cover. Ages 7-10.
“What was he looking for, a prince in fine velvets and a crown cocked on his head? Was it clothes that made a prince, Jemmy wondered, just as rags made a street boy?”
A shout comes echoing up the stairway. “Fetch the whipping boy!”
A young orphan named Jemmy arouses from his sleep. “Ain’t I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What’s the prince done now?”
It was forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. Jemmy had been plucked from the streets to serve as whipping boy to the arrogant and spiteful Prince Brat.
Dreaming of running away, Jemmy finds himself trapped in Prince Brat’s own dream at once brash and perilous.
In this briskly told tale of high adventure, taut with suspense and rich with colorful characters, the whipping boy and Prince Brat must at last confront each other.
Sid Fleishman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel.
Trade paperback in good condition with some wear to the cover. Ages 7-10.
“What was he looking for, a prince in fine velvets and a crown cocked on his head? Was it clothes that made a prince, Jemmy wondered, just as rags made a street boy?”
A shout comes echoing up the stairway. “Fetch the whipping boy!”
A young orphan named Jemmy arouses from his sleep. “Ain’t I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What’s the prince done now?”
It was forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. Jemmy had been plucked from the streets to serve as whipping boy to the arrogant and spiteful Prince Brat.
Dreaming of running away, Jemmy finds himself trapped in Prince Brat’s own dream at once brash and perilous.
In this briskly told tale of high adventure, taut with suspense and rich with colorful characters, the whipping boy and Prince Brat must at last confront each other.
Sid Fleishman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel.
ISBN 978-0-06-052122-6
Sid Fleishman
1986
Newbery Award Winner