num_pages: 440
description: A Newbery Medal Award-winner 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 shaping the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party to the first shots fired at Lexington.
language: English
title: Johnny Tremain
titlecomplete: Johnny Tremain
characters: Sam Adams, Dusty Miller, James Otis, Dove, Mrs. Lapham, Cilla Lapham, Johnny Tremain, Paul Revere, Rab Silsbee, Madge Lapham, John Hancock, Isannah Lapham, Lavinia Lyte, Dorcas Lapham
genres: Classics, American Revolution, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, War, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 47390
places: Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -820515600000
name: Newbery Medal
publisher: Thorndike Pr