Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Johnny Tremain
Book Review: A freak accident
Summary: 3 Stars
Johnny Tremain is the story of a young silversmith who has a freak accident and is looking for a job that will suit his abilities. This is a good book that has several battle scenes. I only wish it had Johnny as a soldier. Overall, it was a fairly good book.Book Review: A good book
Summary: 4 Stars
I expected Johnny Tremain to be a horribly boring book when I had to read it for school. It's usually not the kind of book I read, but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it gave a pretty good historical background to the Revolutionary War. If you are interested in the Revolutionary War, check out this book. After you get into it, you won't be disapointed.Book Review: A good book for reading to children
Summary: 5 Stars
It was 1969 when this book was read to me or I should say read to our class at Brook Glenn Elementary School in Taylors, SC. Every day right after lunch during quiet time our teacher would read a section from this book.I still remember it like it was yesterday. Images that a little 9 year old hasn't forgotton in 35 years. The story was good. I clearly remember living vicariously through Johnny Tremain in my little world. I wonder if teachers still read to students like that. It certainly made an impression on me and was perhaps the beginning of a lifelong love with reading books.
I notice that the book was written by a woman. I wonder if the teacher was an early feminist. Funny to have that kind of thought about this book these many years later. It reflects the times we live in. But I suspect, since the book was written before all that came along, it had no political agenda at all and is just plain good old storytelling.
Book Review: A good book, if...
Summary: 4 Stars
Every once in a while, an author publishes a really good book that actually has something to learn from it. Inevitably, teachers seize the oppurtunity and force kids to read it.I just came out of the 8th grade exhausted. My English class had spent over 6 months on Johnny Tremain! My teacher practically ripped the book apart, so that every single one of her students could recite the 47 themes in Chapter 5 (such as a routine to to the well actually being a lifelong journey of hope). This teacher had been using Johnny Tremain so long, she could actually RECITE THE FIRST CHAPTER! And the chapters are not very small at all.
Anyway, after school was over, I picked up my copy again. I was hooked. It was actually fun reading the book when I didn't have to note the conflicts between Johnny and Rab in Chapter 9. The story is very well written, and it teaches important lessons about life today as well as in the 18th century. My only gripe is that it seems that Esther Forbes tried to write a book that was pretty much a compilation of every other coming of age story. People don't have "growing up realizations", girl troubles, freindship disputes, family trouble, a burnt hand, and a national revolution all in the same week!
Book Review: A great book for the Revalutionary War
Summary: 5 Stars
At the beginning in the first paragraph the book goes slow and isn't very exciting. But, later on it really takes off. It was also detailed which made the book very exciting. There was also a lot of characters which also made the book interesting and easier to understand. At the end it kind of leaves the book a mystery but that way you can make up you're own ending. I would really reccomend this book. It's good for all readers kids to adults.