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A grand adventure. A book about true friendship
pretty good. i think i have read that before. story seemed familiar to me. liked the changes in the characters.
Oh, to be a prince! To do any sort of mischief and to have a whipping boy to bear the burden of one’s punishment…to have servants dress one, to feed one, to clean up after one…What a life!
But, perhaps, the life of a young prince is not the idyllic life others might imagine. For what does the prince, Prince Brat, as he is called by his people, want but to run away from his life. And away he runs, following his whipping boy, Jemmy, into a series of adventures involving cutthroats, kidnapping and r ...more
But, perhaps, the life of a young prince is not the idyllic life others might imagine. For what does the prince, Prince Brat, as he is called by his people, want but to run away from his life. And away he runs, following his whipping boy, Jemmy, into a series of adventures involving cutthroats, kidnapping and r ...more
I listened to this book, the 1987 Newberry winner, over the course of about a month. Every time I started listening, I fell asleep. I am not exaggerating when I say I listened to the first 10 minutes about 20 times. I loved the voices and accents of some of the characters and I enjoyed listening to it again and again just to hear the prince say, "Pish-posh, I can always get someone to write my name for me." Other than that, the story was just okay.
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A fun play off of The Prince and the Pauper.
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