Pub Date: May 2, 2011
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012359453
Lexile Code: 0840
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 7.50" L x 5.10" W ( 0.52 lbs) 320 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Classics | Historical | United States Colonial and Revolutionary Periods | Action and Adventure | Boys and Men | Politics and Government | Social Themes | Adolescence and Coming of Age | Business Careers Occupations | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Animals | Horses
Description: This is historical fiction at its best, portraying Revolutionary Boston as seen through the shrewd eyes of a young apprentice silversmith. Features an Afterword by the author.
Brief description: Esther Forbes (1891-1967) garnered a Newbery Medal and an enduring place in children's literature with the publication of Johnny Tremain. Her adult novel, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1943.
Review Quotes:
"This is Esther Forbes at her brilliant best. She has drawn the character of Johnny with such sympathy and insight that he may take his place with Jim Hawkins, Huck Finn and other young immortals." - Book Week
"This sweeping tale of redcoats and revolutionaries has a lot to offer. Forbes, a historian, writes with detail and precision, imbuing historical events with life and passion that is often lacking in textbooks." - Common Sense Media