by Sid Fleischman · Greenwillow Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060521226
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«The Whipping Boy» is Sid Fleischman's children's adventure novel, published by Greenwillow Books in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Jemmy, an orphan taken from the streets, lives in the castle to receive the whippings the heir cannot suffer. When the capricious Prince Brat runs away and the two fall prisoner, their mistrust turns into a forced alliance to survive through an adventure full of dangerous encounters and colorful characters.
Novel winner of the 1987 Newbery Medal, with black-and-white illustrations by Peter Sís. This edition is from 2003.
Recommended for child and young readers aged 8 to 12, with a humorous tone and a historical setting of kings and outlaws.
Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults. He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996).
