A review by stephxsu
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

3.0

Mehhh. For a book that I've been meaning to read since I was in elementary school, when I finally got around to reading it with my EL410 class, I was decidedly unimpressed. The dialect of the narration felt unnatural. I wanted to see more change in Jem and the prince, but I guess I felt that less than 100 pages wasn't enough room to convincingly show me the development of their respect for one another. Also, what the HECK was the point of Betsy and Petunia the dancing bear?!?

Wish I could've read this when I was 7 or 8...