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A whipping boy is the boy who is whipped instead of a prince since a prince cannot be whipped by law. The whipping boy by sid fleischman is the 1987 newbery award winner for children's literature. The whipping boy is a children's novel by sid fleischman.

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Prince horace can be annoying and craving attention from his father, he frequently misbehaves—to the point he is nicknamed prince brat. Prince horace, better known as prince brat, runs away from home, and forces his servant jemmy (whose job it is to be whipped in the prince's place whenever the prince. The boys begin a wild adventure that lands them in the clutches of two thieving cutthroats! But as the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when the prince misbehaves, as such, the two boys have little in common and even less reason to like one.