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Bad Kids the Naughtiest Children in History

From a 13-year old ninja to young Salem witches—a guided tour through the lives of outlaw children from history, their dastardly crimes, and awful punishments So youve broken a classroom window and youre standing outside the principals office with sweaty palms and a serious sinking feeling in your stomach. Do you think no ones ever had a life as bad as you? Well, you From a 13-year old ninja to young Salem witches—a guided tour through the lives of outlaw children from history, their dastardly crimes, and awful punishments So youve broken a classroom window and youre standing outside the principals office with sweaty palms and a serious sinking feeling in your stomach. Do you think no ones ever had a life as bad as you? Well, youre wrong—this book reveals how kids in the past have had to suffer much worse punishments than a lecture about how theyve let the whole school down. For instance, however angry your principal gets, its fairly certain that shes not going to put you in a pillory and nail your ears to it. All through history, children have been getting into some serious scrapes, and they didnt often get off lightly. This is a guided tour to children for whom laughing, dancing on a Sunday, killing a rabbit that wasnt on your land, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time could mean a beating, beheading, or ordeal by hot water (no, its not a nice warm bath with bubbles and a little plastic duck).