Johnny Tremain, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal, is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. As compelling today as it was seventy years ago, to read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, The Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in the pivotal events shaping the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party to the first shots fired at Lexington. Powerful illustrations by American artist Michael McCurdy bring to life Esther Forbes's quintessential novel of the American Revolution

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/02/2011
ISBN: 9780547614328
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 47 / Johnny Tremain
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 13