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
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Approximate Word count = 1280
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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