Jonny Tremain
The book I read was Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain is one of the best books I have ever read. This is an interesting historical novel, covering many parts of history such as the Boston Tea Party, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It also talks about The Boston Observers and the Sons of Liberty, a rebellious group of patriots responsible for the Boston Tea Party. Johnny Tremain also includes very famous historical characters such as Paul Revere, the Adam's, James Otis and John Hancock. The book takes place in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1700's. The book is definitely based on the passionate times in colonial Boston before the climax of the Revolutionary War. The author made the plot so well and thorough that it seemed like she read it out of a diary of Johnny Tremain. During those times before the war the British/English taxed the colonists large amounts of money to live in the "New World". The book seemed really realistic to me because Johnny was a silversmith, a fairly common job of the times, they used fairly language that was fairly common for the times. Plus, the way the author described the attire worn by everyone in the colonial days. I also felt that the author
Then one cold December night in 1773 the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and boarded three British tea ships and dumped 348 chests of tea into the Atlantic Ocean. After that Britain sends over a ton of troops to secure the city and make sure that know one leaves the city. Life keeps moving for Johnny and as he and Rab get closer and closer together Johnny finds out that Rab is involved in the Sons of Liberty. Instead of leaving Rab Johnny gets involved the Sons of Liberty. He started being a messenger telling everyone when the meetings will take place. "Please God, out of this New England soil such men would forever rise up ready to fight when need came. The one generation after the other. I think Esther Forbes tried to tell people what it would have been like to live in the colonial times and write a fictional book too. She probably wanted to tell people about the Revolutionary War and how that effected colonies.
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Approximate Word count = 1280
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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