Esther Forbes
Author
Series
Publisher
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution. Study guide includes teaching strategies and student activities.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
This thrilling 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...