Johnny Tremain

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Summary: and also a small town in Chardon. Very Good Book
Review: I had to read this book for English for a book report and I didn't know what I was getting into. Johnny Tremain is one of the best books I have ever read. Johnny Tremain shows why it is important not to go against church or authority because God always has a way of coming back at you. My favorite part is when Johnny can use his hand again and riding the horse. I do believe, though, that there should have been a sequel because it ends very aburptly.

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Summary: My Favorite Book of All-Time
Review: I read this book about 10 years ago, and it still sticks out in my mind as one of my very favorites. After reading it, I became passionately involved in the study of history. And today I am a social studies teacher. I highly recommend it. The story is fascinating, sad, and overall, exciting. I think the 8th grade level is just about right.

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Summary: The BEST Book I have ever read.
Review: I was 12 when I first read Johnny Tremain, it had about 300 and some pages and I read it in 3 days. That might not seem to be worth noting but a 12 year old reading a book because he has to and only in 3 days. It must be a great book, and it is. After the first chapter I couldn't put it down. I even stood up half of the school night just to find out what was going to happen next. It is AWESOME and you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: It was OK.
Review: I read this book for a class book report (8th grade). It had some slow parts, but overall it was OK. I think someone needs to write a sequel to tie up some loose ends. That would help alot.

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Summary: The Greatest Book I've Ever Read
Review: This is the best book I've ever read and I've read some pretty great books. Johnny Tremain gives a teenager's perspective of the Boston right before the Battle of Lexington and Concord. We are studying this time period at school and this has helped my knowledge of this period exceed any of my classmates.

Carlo Scott, Age 14

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Summary: Johnny Tremain Review
Review: Johnny Tremain is a book about a 14 year old that is living with a silversmith and his family in colonial times. Johnny is a silversmith apprentice. While doing work he is envolved with a tragic accident. He burnt his hand so badly that he could not do silver work any more. He finds a 16 tear old named Rab who is a Son Of Liberty. A group involed with colonial polotics. Rab gets him a job as a rider for the Boston Observer. Johnny and Rab have many adventures with polotics and political heros like Sam Adams and Billy Dawes. They get involved with things like the Boston Tea Party and The Revolutionary War. This Educational bookis intresting for 11 and up.

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Summary: A Johnny Tremain proponant--that's me.
Review: My husband tells me I'm a real proponant of "Johnny Tremain" and he's right. "Johnny Tremain" was probably THE book that is responsible for my intense interest in history. I first read it as a child in school. The book is so alive that one can close one's eyes and be in pre-Revolutionary War Boston. I re-read Johnny every few years and still enjoy every word and still find something important in it.

A word to students, if you are reading it for class and resent having to read it then you won't enjoy it, but if you think of it as an adventure story and if you want to find out how our country began this is a very good book to find out. Would you enjoy reading about a young boy on another planet fighting to save his world from being dominated by a race from another galaxy? It could almost be the same story.

I think there are some books that are meant to be read throughout your life, "The Secret Garden" and "A Tale of Two Cities" are two and so is "Johnny Tremain".

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Summary: Worst book i've ever read! It should be burnt!!!
Review: This book was very boring and didnt keep me interested at all. I had to read it for school and do a bunch of crappy projects over this pointless book. This book should be torched.

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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: I read this book as a 10 year old growing up in Australia, and who knew nothing of American history. It was in a nut-shell, absolutely wonderful, and was one of the many books that really made an imapct in my formative years. I have a copy now, and will introduce my daughter to it at a similar age. If you have children who find the history of their nation dull, this book will change all of that.

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Summary: "A boy in time of peace, and a man in time of war"
Review: Set in the colonial times, the book opens in a silversmith's shop. Johnny Tremain is a 14-year old boy apprenticed to Mr. Laphem. He has four "sisters" and two fellow apprentices. He is quite skilled, until one day, a crucible breaks and his hand is burned by silver. When his hand heals, the thumb and palm have grown together. Now usless as a silversmith, he looks for work. When he finds none at first, he goes to Mr. Lyte. Johnny Tremain's mother, before she died, had given him a cup. She told him never to show it to anyone, unless even God had turned his face. Mr. Lyte proclaims Johnny a thief and has him put up for trial. He is cleared by Judge after a testemony by his "sister", Cilla. After the trial, he tries to sell the cup to Mr. Lyte. Mr. Lyte takes the cup from him on threat of arrest again. After this, he becomes a printer with another boy, Rab. He and Rab are caught up in the beginings of the Revolutionary War. I will not continue, or I would spoil the ending. I hope that you will enjoy this book as much as I have.