The Whipping Boy is a Newbery medal-winning children's book by Sid Fleischman, published in 1987.
The prince runs away from the castle with his whipping boy. Throughout their adventures they become friends.
The title refers to the character who must receive the prince's beatings when he misbehaves. It is a crime worse than murder to hit the heir to the throne, so when the princes' behavior warrants corporal punishment, another boy must be beaten ...
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The Whipping Boy is a Newbery medal-winning children's book by Sid Fleischman, published in 1987.
The prince runs away from the castle with his whipping boy. Throughout their adventures they become friends.
The title refers to the character who must receive the prince's beatings when he misbehaves. It is a crime worse than murder to hit the heir to the throne, so when the princes' behavior warrants corporal punishment, another boy must be beaten in his stead.
Prince Horace is a spoiled brat. He desperately seeks the attentions of his father, and to this aim, he misbehaves frequently. As the prince, no one may raise a hand against him; therefore, his family has provided for him a whipping boy.
Jemmy, an orphan who used to catch rats in the sewer (because they are the best fighting rats) is the whipping boy. He is brave and proud. He is beaten several times a day, but he refuses to cry out and bellow. He longs for the freedom he lived in the streets, but while living in the palace, he...
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