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2 unusual facts about Sid Fleischman


Sid Fleischman

Ghost in the Noonday Sun (Tyburn, 1973) is a loose adaptation of Fleischman's Newbery Medal-winning novel, starring Peter Sellers as pirate crewman Dick Scratcher.

Drawing on his reporting experiences, his knowledge of magic, and his tour of the Pacific, he produced a series of novels of intrigue and adventure over the next 15 years, many set in the Far East.


Whipping boy

The children's book The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, which is about a prince and his whipping boy, was the winner of the Newbery Medal in 1987.


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