num_pages: 90
description: A shout comes echoing up the stairway. "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses 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. Award-winning author Sid Fleischman again blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel.
language: English
title: The Whipping Boy
titlecomplete: The Whipping Boy
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 27153
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
publisher: Greenwillow Books