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Johnny Tremain

Esther Forbes

Introduction	Summary	Book Review
Setting and Characters	Brandon 36 November 12, 2004 Language Arts	Author info

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Introduction

A boy named Johnny Tremain is pulled into the conflict of the revolutionary war and must help his country.

Summary

As the revolutionary war draws closer Johnny Tremain a young silver smith from Boston meets Rab a fierce fighter who strongly hates the British. Johnny is quickly drawn into the conflict with Britain and participates in the Boston tea party. After the British invade Boston Johnny is enlisted to help spy on the British and soon finds out about the upcoming battle of Lexington. Johnny decided to go to Lexington to fight the British after he found out about Rab dying in the Battle. Johnny quickly realized that he should stand up for his country.

Characters and Setting

Johnny -Johnny is a fifteen year old with short blond hair. Johnny used to be a skilled silver smith until an accident crippled his hand so that he could not work. He now works as a paperboy and lives with Rab. He is very proud and envies the boys who are aloud to fight in the revolutionary war. During the story Johnny changes because he stops feeling sorry for himself.

Rab – Rab is seventeen and is very brave. He is a natural born fighter and also enjoys fighting too. He signed up for the local militia. He is very strong willed and hates the British. He is Johnny’s best friend. Rab works as an apprentice for his fathers newspaper company called the Boston Observer. Rab changes because he acts like he is invincible, but when a man mentions that many people will die in the war he gets scared.

Priscilla-Priscilla is a fifteen year old who is very pretty. She was the daughter of Johnnie’s last employer. She now is a servant for the family the Lytes. Priscilla changes when she goes to work for the Lytes because she becomes tougher.

Dove- Dove is a boy who also used to be a silver smith. Dove is sixteen. he is very fat. Dove has been working for the British by taking care of their horses. Johnny has been given a job to become friends with dove so that he might be able to find out when the British will attack. Dove changes because when he works with the British he became friends with Johnny who he used to hate.

This book is set in the 1700s just before the

American Revolution started. It is in Boston Massachusetts.

About the Author

Esther Forbes is a historian and novelist. She likes to write stories about the revolutionary war. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for the book Paul Revere and the World He Lived In.

Book Review

I thought the setting of the book was not strong enough. I thought that the characters were portrayed very well. I was disappointed that the book did not end at the end of the revolutionary war. I thought the book was very interesting because some of the characters are real and some aren’t. I would recommend this book to other people because it is very interesting on how it incorporates fact with fiction, like how it uses characters like Johnny and Rab who are fictional and characters like Samuel Adams and John Hancock.