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Summary: The Book You Won't Put Down
Review: Esther Forbes has written a colorful novel, Johnny Tremain, with fictional and genuine characters with interesting personalities, and a historical plot with slightly amusing twists to it. The book draws you to its beautifully crafted and placed words; alongside the way it makes you feel involved.In Johnny Tremain, a young teenage boy named Johnny Tremain serves as an apprentice to an old silversmith with 2 other useless boys. He becomes arrogant, and bosses the other apprentices around, igniting hatred towards him. He then accidentally burns his hand with hot silver while making a sugar basin and his thumb becomes connected to his palm with silver. He searches for new work, as he cannot work as a silversmith with his crippled hand. He then works for the Silsbees as a newspaper delivery boy, and finds himself at home with them. He also finds himself getting involved with the Revolutionary War and its leaders, and tries to help despite his hand. I think Johnny Tremain is a must read book for both young and old. It will grab your attention as it did mine, and keep it until you finish the book. And even then, you will read it over and over again.
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Summary: A good book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Johnny Tremain Review
Review: Johnny Tremain
by Melanie Helmer
Johnny Tremain wasn't your everyday silversmith's apprentice. He believed in the Yankees and found himself unable to attain his position because of an accident. Rab is more of the take action for freedom type of character. He meets Johnny because of the newspaper both boooys woek for. They are so different in personality, that you'd never believe either of them could stand each other. The struggle for freedom, most likely, overcomes their differences. Johnny and Rab take on life-threatening mission because they share a belief for freedom.
Johnny Tremain basically describes teh fight that the Yankees fought in order t live in peace and to live freely. That story intertwines with these young boys' lives. It tells about the struggles that families had to take on, and the hardships they lived through. Many other boys like Johhny and Rab's age also fought for what they believed in. This wasn't an easy time in the United State's history. People were forced to decide what "side" they would fight for. Men adn women became blinded to what they really stood for. Despite these select people, others did struggle in the battle for freedom from England. This story describes this event in time and discusses the life of Jonathan Lyte Tremain.
Personally, I believe that Esther Forbes did an amazing job developing the character of Johnny Tremain. Rab was a more under-developed character. He didnt' have as much thoughts of ideas as Johnny did. This is a spot where Esther should have put a little more work into. Rab could have been more discussed all over. This is just about the only character development flaw that Esther Forbes created while writing Johnny Tremain. She did an astoundig job in every other aspect of writing this book. So all in all, I would recommend this book to everyone (especially the history lovers). -Melanie Helmer
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Summary: This Book Brought The American Revolution To Life!
Review: I had to read Johnny Tremain for school. And when I first saw it I (being a 7th Grader) thought 'another 300 page boring historical fiction novel'. But immediately when i started to read this book i got hooked! I was never a big fan of learning about the American Revolution, but now that i have read this book I want to find out more and more about it. It brought it to life with characters that I could identify with and put me right in the middle of the action of the Boston Tea Party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord. It also worked in famous Whigs like Sam Adams and John Hancock and Paul Revere into the story to make for an action-filled adventure through the past. This is a must read for all young readers and adults alike. I give it 5 stars!
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Summary: This book has a lot of adventure
Review: Johnny is a silversmith. He burned his hand in the fire and it is crippled. Then he looks for another job. He becomes a printer. This story takes place in Boston during the Revolutionary War. His friend Rab goes to fight at Lexinigton and Concord. Rab died but he was brave. I liked the adventure in this book. I would recommend it for ages 9-12.
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Summary: 'Classics' aren't supposed to be this bad!
Review: I had to read 'Johnny Tremain' in sixth grade, and I thought it did have some potential when I first started. The plot becomes so thick when you start to read that you begin to yearn to finish this terrible book. Johnny's poor attitude causes you to have no sympathy for him once he burns his hand. There are a lot of characters involved, and are again individuals you will have no empathy for. This book is very boring, but the Boston Tea Party part was mildly entertaining. Johnny Tremain does not have the energy that some novels do, which make you want to turn every page to see what will happen. It's a book that you just want to get through to finish. I'm giving it two stars because I like Rab's demeanor in the story, and I like the way Johnny grew and became more mature toward the end of the novel. Only read this one if absolutely necessary. There are much better Revolutionary War novels out there, where in which you will actually have some empathy for the characters!
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Summary: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Review: Johnny Tremain was a great book. It was one of my favorite books so I decided to give it 10 stars. It was such a good book that I would like to read it a second time. This story takes place in Boston during the Revolutionary War. It was about a boy who wants to become a silversmith, but his hand was burned. He leaves home and meets a boy named Rab. They become friends and then Johnny becomes a paperboy and Rab teaches him to ride a horse.
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Summary: Sooooo Terrible
Review: Not only was this book totally boring, it seemed like everything terrible happened to Johnny. I had to read this horrific book in the fifth grade, when we were studying American history, and now I unquestionabley hate any book or movie that has to do with American history around the time of the American Revolution. I mean, I'm all for the American Revolution, I think it was amazing and I love the fact that we're not governed by an island all the way across the ocean that's like a millionth of the size of us. But this book was terrible representation of that time and didn't seem that realistic. And it put me to sleep many times. But if you're into that type of stuff, this might be a good book for you.
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Summary: Johnny Tremain Summary For All
Review: Johnny Tremain Summary This story takes place in the pre-Revolutionary era of the city of Boston in 1760. Johnny Tremain is fourteen years old and is an apprentice silversmith to Ephraim Lapham. While Johnny is making a sugar basin, he burns his hand badly. This upsets Johnny and he leaves the silvershop. He now lives with Rab, Uncle Lorne, and Aunt Lorne and delivers the Boston Observer, a Whig newspaper.
Johnny participates in the Boston Tea Party by throwing tea into the harbor. The fiddler's bill, the bill for the tea, is to be paid, but never is. The punishment for not paying is that the Boston harbor is closed. British soldiers start to occupy the city to begin war. Rab, Johnny's best friend, goes off to fight in the war. The war begins on April 19,1775 and many men are killed. The liberty that the men are fighting for is that "A man can stand up". Rab dies because of serious wounds. Johnny finally lets Dr. Warren examine his crippled hand. Dr. Warren thinks he can heal Johnny's hand by cutting his thumb from his palm by scar tissue. If Johnny is brave enough, this can happen, and Johnny will be able to fire a gun to help his fellow patriots. While the doctor gets his instruments ready to use, Johnny takes a walk. He realizes all he has been through and has an intense love for his country.
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Summary: Historic Fiction
Review: A book that deffinatly belongs on YOUR shelf. A great book about the revolution and the life of a bostonian during the great revolt including, The Boston Tea Party, The Sons Of Liberty, and plenty of action packed battles to keep you begging for more!!!! You won't want to put it down!!!
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