Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner

Esther Hoskins Forbes

Oct 1998 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Johnny Tremain, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal, is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. As compelling today as it was fifty years ago, to read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, the Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in the pivotal events shaping the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party to the first shots fired at Lexington. Powerful illustrations by American artist Michael McCurdy, bring to life Esther Forbes' quintessential novel of the American Revolution.

Ratings and reviews

I though that Johnny Tremain was excellent , but it did start off slow in the beginning. I was a huge fan of Pricilla:) and still am!! Im a teenager and still and forever love this book! Esther Forbes made me love history and Johnny Tremain!! But it was kinda boring in some parts so i just skipped to Johnny x Cilla Romance parts XD On Fanfiction I am Nightfellows please reade my johnny Tremain stories!! :D

This is a terrible book. I guess I wouldn't be the one to turn to for help, (considering the fact that I'm a 5th grade student and American History is my least favorite subject) but I'm just giving my opinion. I hated this book. It is not worth the money. DON'T BUY IT

The only part that was good was the last two chapters and it did not end well. I think it was a great idea for a book. I know 17 people who have read the book and I personally know that k that none of them liked and they are very enthusiastic about books. I would never read that again.

About the author

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.