Newbery Medal • Nene Award (Hawaii) • School Library Journal Best Book • Parents' Choice Gold Award • Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin) • Charlie May Simon Book Award (Arkansas) • ALA Notable Children's Book
Award-winning author Sid Fleischman blends the broadly comic with the deeply compassionate in this memorable novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.
A Prince and a Pauper ... Prince Brat and his whipping boy inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like each other. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.
"A rollicking tale of adventure and mistaken identity ... Robust scenes and characters are vividly evoked."—Kirkus Reviews
