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The whipping boy
By Fleischman, Sid & Sis, Peter
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68806-216-3
- Publisher
- New York : Greenwillow Books, c1986.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1986
Gr 5-7 Roles are changed when young Prince Brat, as everyone calls him (he is so altogether rotten that "Not even black cats would cross his path"), runs away with Jemmy, his whipping boy (the commoner who takes the Prince's punishments). Because Brat has never learned to write and Jemmy can, a couple of prince-nappers decide that Jemmy is the real prince. Chiefly through Jemmy's cleverness, the two escape and return to cour...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
