Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on September 11th 2018
ISBN: 1328489167
Pages: 300
Genres: Historical Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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This 75th anniversary edition of Esther Forbes’ Newbery-award book is a must have. Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) has added a superb graphic novel introduction to this edition which also includes the original artwork by Lynd Ward. Set in Boston during the revolution, silversmith apprentice Johnny Tremain falls on hard times but ends up helping Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere as they spy on the British and plan what would come to be known as the Boston Tea Party. Seventy-five years later, this book still holds up as a must-read historical novel for middle grade students.

Recommended for Cream of the Crop

Reviewed by Karen Sandlin Silverman, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham