Top tags: newbery award, young adult, historical fiction, childrens, england (all tags)
“zawadi said: Rated: 4 stars I think very highly of Newbery winners and have read many of them. _The Whipping Boy_ was a hard sell for me from the onset because I do not care for stories where class is a basis for inequality and mistreatment. This story is about a relationship between a prince and his whipping boy. The title alone makes me wince and the prince's developed humanity does not negate my feelings about his station and power. While I would not likely share this view...”
“This book left me rather flat. I kept putting it down & hoping for something more interesting each time I picked it up again. These are the times I wonder just what the Newbery award(ers) are thinking about”
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