Johnny Tremain

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Summary: "A Man Can Stand Up"
Review: This book is an exciting novel about a boy during the American revolution and his journey to becoming a man. Johnny (the main charcter in the story)as a young teen that couldn't see past his own pride. During an accident he loses everything, even his pride. There at the point of starvation and poverty he discovers something amazing the revolution. He begins his life anew and he becomes a rider for the revolution, and a man. During the Revolution he has experiences that are new to him such as true friendship, freedom, and death. This is a truly amazing and heartfelt novel about the American Revolution, pride, and friendship.

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Summary: TWO THUMBS UP
Review: I thought Johnny Tremain was a good book. It was about a kid who wants to be a silversmith but he burns his hand, forcing him to work and write with his other hand. The story took place during the American Revolutionary War and the Boston Tea Party. This book made me think of the past and how hard it was to live back then and how much courage the colonists had. I give this book a four; it was a little slow at times, but at the end it sped up. Read this book; it's a good one.

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Summary: A freak accident
Review: Johnny Tremain is the story of a young silversmith who has a freak accident and is looking for a job that will suit his abilities. This is a good book that has several battle scenes. I only wish it had Johnny as a soldier. Overall, it was a fairly good book.

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Summary: Johnny Tremain's a regular boy
Review: There is a regular boy who gets burned from a dirty trick a kid named Dove plays on him. Now he is handicapped. He struggles through life working for people and does fine on his own, I think, through the bad times of his life. I like this story because it was fun to read. I also thought it was educational.

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Summary: Jonny Tremain keeps you on your toes
Review: Johnny is the main character of this story. He is living a great life when it all turns around for him. It goes from bad to worse. This book has tons of excitement. Just when you think things might get better they turn on him. He then becomes a deliverer for the Boston Observer. There he begins his new life and forms an opinion of his own about whether to remain loyal to King George the third, or become a Patriot.
I think that this book is good altogether. It is exciting and keeps you on your toes.

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Summary: Surviving in desperate times
Review: Johnny has a horrible accident, and he has to do what he can to get money. He has to find work, and not as a silversmith. His dead mother left him a silver cup, his link to one of the leading families in Boston, but it brings him trouble, not riches. He becomes a part of the Boston Observers a secret society that meets every week. Johnny meets new people like Rab who teaches him to be a messenger and ride a horse. Johnny goes through many hard times, and war is one of them. This is a great book. I hope you read it.

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Summary: Why should I read Johnn Tremain?
Review: Johnny Tremain is an 15 year old boy who wants to be an execellent silversmith. This book is about his life in Boston and the obstacles that get in his. This is a great book and I really enjoyed it. He learned how to deal with his disability. He was a good friend and a nice person to the people who he cared about. Johnny cared about his friends, especially his best friend Rab.

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Summary: Esther Forbes is wonderful!!
Review: Esther Forbes does an excelent job at mixing fun with education.It really helped me a lot because i was studying the Boston Massacre, and it talks about Paul Revere, Sam Adams, and John Hankock.Since we were learning about that in history it helped me historically and in my vocabulary. My favorite charactor is definitely Rab. He is a great person. He is also adn easily admirable person. He is kind and cares about what people think. He was kind to Johnny even though Johnny looked like a scoundrel only looking for trouble. Johnny's look was all wrong, he isn't really a careles scoundel. He is really a kind-hearted,sensitive person who doesn't give up easily. i would definitly recommend this book to you.

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Summary: Johnny Tremain-the review by N.P.
Review: Esther Forbes did a great job explaining what life was like back then during the Revolutionary War and Boston Tea Party in JOHNNY TREMAIN. She described Boston Massachusetts through the eyes of 14 year-old Johnny Tremain. The description was so good that I could even picture it in my head. The cobblestone streets, horses everywhere, open-air markets, and the water pump in the middle of the street, etc. I was all very well described.
In the story, Johnny Tremain is a silversmith apprentice to Mr. Lapham. He has great skill and promise. He has a great future ahead of him until one day when a silly trick by a fellow apprentice destroys it all. He takes a new job as a newspaper boy.
Johnny joins the "Sons of Libert" and becomes a fellow whig(rebels) along with other famous men such as John Hancock, John Adams, Samuel Adams, etc. In the story, the "Sons of Liberty" were the ones that attacked the ships and dumped thousands of dollars worth of valuable tea into Boston Harbor. This is known as the Boston Tea Party.
Then cames the Revolutionary War. Johhny's friend Rab joined the minutemen. Rab worked with Johnny as a newpaper boy for the "Boston Observer." They shared the same attic and became close friends.
I think that this was a great book. I learned about what Boston Massachusetts was like during the Revolutionary War. I enjoyed reading it and I also learned some facts of historical importance.

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Summary: Wonderful Book, A Great Read
Review: Johnny Tremain is a fabulous book about the Revolutionary War.
Even though it is fiction it fills you in on a lot of facts of the Revolutionary War. Once you pick it up you don't want to put it down. It is about a boy in the Revolutionary War who had an accident and the hardships he goes through. I give it four stars because it has wonderful descrptions and writing. It is truly a wonderful book and I suggest it to all teachers, students and any readers.