Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner Contributor(s): Forbes, Esther Hoskins (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547614322 ISBN-13: 9780547614328 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2012359453 |
Lexile Measure: 840 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" (0.52 lbs) 320 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 47 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This Newbery Medal-winning novel about the Revolutionary War is a classic of children's historical fiction. 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 of the American Revolution, from the Boston Tea Party to the first shots fired at Lexington. Powerful illustrations by artist Michael McCurdy bring this classic to life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Forbes, Esther Hoskins: - 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 1942. |