Prince Horace, also known as The Prince Brat, has a tendency to misbehave, but it is forbidden to physically punish the heir to the throne, therefore, Jemmy is hired to be a whipping boy for Prince Horace. Jemmy was just a poor boy living on the streets, but now he lives in the castle. He learns reading, writing, and mathematics while living at the castle, but he also gets whipped several times a day. One day Prince Horace decides to run away and takes Jemmy along to be his servant. As they head off on their adventure, they unexpectantly get kidnapped by two highwaymen who create a scheme to demand ransom for the prince. However, Jemmy claims that he is the prince which puts the boys’ plan to escape into motion. Prince Horace misunderstands Jemmy’s intentions and almost destroys their chances of escape, by betraying Jemmy. They end up managing to escape the two highwaymen, but this is not the last of them. They run into a girl with a dancing bear and a potato man who help Jemmy and Prince Horace fight against the highwaymen. —Alison Defenbach
THE WHIPPING BOY by Sid Fleischman (1986)
Illustrated by Peter Sís. Greenwillow Books, 2003 edition. 90 pages. ISBN: 0688062164. Winner of the Newbery Medal, 1987.
Prince Horace, also known as The Prince Brat, has a tendency to misbehave, but it is forbidden to physically punish the heir to the throne, therefore, Jemmy is hired to be a whipping boy for Prince Horace. Jemmy was just a poor boy living on the streets, but now he lives in the castle. He learns reading, writing, and mathematics while living at the castle, but he also gets whipped several times a day. One day Prince Horace decides to run away and takes Jemmy along to be his servant. As they head off on their adventure, they unexpectantly get kidnapped by two highwaymen who create a scheme to demand ransom for the prince. However, Jemmy claims that he is the prince which puts the boys’ plan to escape into motion. Prince Horace misunderstands Jemmy’s intentions and almost destroys their chances of escape, by betraying Jemmy. They end up managing to escape the two highwaymen, but this is not the last of them. They run into a girl with a dancing bear and a potato man who help Jemmy and Prince Horace fight against the highwaymen. —Alison Defenbach
Prince Horace, also known as The Prince Brat, has a tendency to misbehave, but it is forbidden to physically punish the heir to the throne, therefore, Jemmy is hired to be a whipping boy for Prince Horace. Jemmy was just a poor boy living on the streets, but now he lives in the castle. He learns reading, writing, and mathematics while living at the castle, but he also gets whipped several times a day. One day Prince Horace decides to run away and takes Jemmy along to be his servant. As they head off on their adventure, they unexpectantly get kidnapped by two highwaymen who create a scheme to demand ransom for the prince. However, Jemmy claims that he is the prince which puts the boys’ plan to escape into motion. Prince Horace misunderstands Jemmy’s intentions and almost destroys their chances of escape, by betraying Jemmy. They end up managing to escape the two highwaymen, but this is not the last of them. They run into a girl with a dancing bear and a potato man who help Jemmy and Prince Horace fight against the highwaymen. —Alison Defenbach
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