Johnny Tremain

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Summary: Excellent Historical Fiction
Review: I love this story. To all of the people who can't understand this story, don't write bad reviews about it. I think I could recomend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction or nonfiction. This book shows me that you shouldn't give up even if everything gives up on you. You should not give in to defeat, but pull yourself out of the depths and keep trying to live a great life. Johnny burns his hand making a sugar basin handle for American Patriot, John Hancock, on Sabbath Day, which was breaking the law and working on that day. The Laphams did not enjoy his presence so he went to Mr. Lyte. When Mr. Lyte has him arrested for theft of the cup Johnny really owns. In trial, Precilla Lapham testifys because she has seen the cup before the date Mr. Lyte said it was stolen. Johnny is proven innocent but tries to sell the cup to Lyte. Lyte takes it and gets his poor relative, Sewall, to think Johnny came to give it back. He threatens to send Johnny to Guadalope but Johnny runs out and is faster than them all. He goes to the Boston Observer and stays there with a boy a few years older, named Rab. That's about half. If you want to know what else happens, read the Newberry Award-Winning Novel, Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes.

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Summary: It was boring yet discriptive
Review: It was boring yet discriptive

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Summary: Wonderful passionate Story-line! A must read.
Review: I love this book. I have read it several times, each time with more love. Forbes mentions many true revolutionary characters, which helped me alot in social studies. This book wiill be a classic. From a blacksmith shop to Lexington-Concord this book is well written and accurate!

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Summary: Excellent, emotional historical fiction
Review: This was one of the best books I have ever read! You can become very involved in Johnny and those around him. If you have read negative comments about this book, please don't cheat yourself and listen to them! I guarantee you will like this book!

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Summary: Johnny Tremain -
Review: With the plethora of books written for young adults today, it is unfortunate that young readers are assigned to read this title. It is a good book, but for '90s readers, I am sad to say, perhaps not the best choice. Historically it is both accurate and informative. At times it is exciting, but overall, if today's readers are told it is a suspenseful book, they are bound to be disappointed. In 1943, when it was published and received the Newbery Medal, it was undoubtedly popular with young teenage boys. I recommend it only for adults and YA's who enjoy history. When studying revolutionary Boston, teachers may want to offer a choice to students, including Ann Rinaldi's "Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons", a fictional biography of Phillis Wheatley.

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Summary: "An awful, terrible story."
Review: This book was terrible. It's plot was dumb and everything that happened I had predicted. I would not reccomend it to anyone.

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Summary: Not the best but not the worst
Review: The book was good but not great.If your into wars and battles this book is good ,but if your not the war type I wouldn't read it you won't be instrested.

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Summary: Intresting but preferalbely hard to understand
Review: I recomend this book for people who are 12 and older and like history i read this 269 page book in 7 days.

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Summary: Horrible!!!!!
Review: This book is the stupidest thing that was ever written. I read it as a school assignment and if it wasn't I would of thrown it away after the first chapter. It was sooo boring, I fell asleep as I was reading it!!

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Summary: Superb historical fiction
Review: When I was eleven (some 28 years ago) my family brought this book on a long car trip from Chicago to Boston, and we took turns reading it aloud. Not only was it a nice diversion from being in the car all day for two days, it was enthralling in its own right. Although I note some of the young people who have reviewed it here thought it was boring, my brother and sister and I were transported right back to the Revolutionary War days and hung on every word. It's a good book to read aloud and discuss, and it made the trip infinitely more educational and fun, as we insisted our parents take us to the places in the book. For any children or families who are interested in American History, it is a must.