Module 4: Johnny Tremain

Book Summary:

This book is about a young silversmith apprentice who hurts his hand, and doing so lost his trade. He finds work in a publication shop. He finds himself in the middle of what is to be the Boston Tea Party, and later the American Revolution.

Book Citation:

Forbes, E. (2011). Johnny Tremain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Impressions:

I read this book in high school and remembered loving it so I read it again. I now remember why I loved it. This is one of those books that you can pass off as a great story (fiction) and not care that you are learning about American history.  To some learning about history is boring but embedding a great story in a historical situation helps make learning about boring history much more bareable. 

Reviews:

"This is Esther Forbes at her brilliant best. She has drawn the character of Johnny with such sympathy and insight that he may take his place with Jim Hawkins, Huck Finn and other young immortals." --BookWeek

Library Uses:
I would use this book to connect literacy to history. This book can also be used to teach the genre historical fiction, or in a history class covering the American Revolution.