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Book Reviews of Johnny Tremain
Book Review: Johnny Tremain
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this book was great! I skipped a few lines because I was dying to know what had happened. I would suggest this book to anyone who is mature enough to like it.Book Review: GOOD BOOK FOR EARLY READERS
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book in 6th grade and finished it in two weeks! I couldn't put it down, well... I have to admit that it did get boring 3/4 of the way done. I'd also find myself skipping pages, then having to read the whole chapter again (mostly because of all the characters). The "tea party" thing-a-ma-jig was pretty interesting along with the.................well, read the book to find out. As I said, a great book for young adult readers, but Johnny Tremain could have been better.Book Review: A teenager at the start of the American Revolution
Summary: 5 Stars
This children's book won the 1944 Newbery Medal for best contribution to American children's literature. It is regarded by many as being a landmark in the development of historical fiction for children and should be on the shelf of any serious student of children's literature. The story centers around a couple of years in the life of a young silversmith apprentice, Johnny Tremain (or, Jonathan Lyte Tremain) in Boston near the start of the American Revolution. At the beginning of the novel, it is 1773 and a fourteen-year-old Johnny, who is very good in his work but is also excessively proud and arrogant, has an accident when working on the Sabbath when a crucible of molten silver breaks. His right hand is severely burned and he feels he can no longer become a silversmith. He begins to roam throughout Boston with despair and finally obtains a job at one of the Boston newspapers. There he comes in contact with some of the early heroes of the revolution: John Hancock, Sam and John Adams, Paul Revere, Dr. Warren, etc. Johnny, and the reader, see the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party in December 1773 and the very start of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Lexington and Concord in April of 1775. I read this book a second time when I was in my 50s and it is still great to read. And, reading the comments of the other reviewers, it is apparent that most of today's young adults like it as much as I did in the late 1950s. And, it is so much better than the Disney film.Book Review: I thought it was ok
Summary: 2 Stars
I thought it was pretty good. It was deftinetly dull in many places. It was well written. I would not reccomend this book, it was too dull and lifeless.Book Review: OK
Summary: 3 Stars
It was ok... but what can I say, I'm only in 8th grade, and the average 8th grader doesn't appreciate these boring civil war books... I didn't really care for it too too much.. (I got a B on the test) :-) :-) :-) :-) k, well, BYE!