After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
Johnny Tremain: And Related Readings
The 1944 Newbery Medal winner.
Aaron & the Green Mountain Boys. (ShoeTree Press, 1988). Gleiter, Jan, and Kathleen Thompson. Molly Pitcher. (Raintree Pubs., 1987). Kauffman, Henry J. The Colonial Silversmith, His Techniques and His Products. (Galahad Books, 1967).
In the conversation between Doctor Warren and Johnny, when Doctor Warren first notices Johnny's bad hand, Forbes presents the conflict between the scientific impulse to improve things and the superstitious religious attitude of ...
Powerful illustrations by artist Michael McCurdy help bring this classic novel for middle graders to life. "This sweeping tale of redcoats and revolutionaries has a lot to offer.
An introduction to "Johnny Tremain" discusses the author's life, the impact of the book as a work of historical fiction for teenagers, plot, cast of characters, and literary criticism.
It includes such notable figures as Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams; however, the story is told from the perspective of a young, down-on-his-luck boy. The story follows Johnny Tremain, a gifted apprentice silversmith.
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Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Esther Forbes' novel, Johnny Tremain, for which she won a Newbery Award in 1943--just a year after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel.