I've always wanted to read this since seeing the Disney film. It's a decent read (the movie is better), I felt it was an engaging story with a slow writing style.
I guess the selling point is what it teaches about liberty and the cost of said liberty. Things like comfort, friendship, pride, are all sacrificed by everyone from the young Tremain to old Mr. Otis.
Johnny is a silversmith apprentice in Boston, 1773, until he burns his hand on hot silver. No longer having a future in the trade, he roams around Boston until he comes across the Sons of Liberty and joins them. A witness to many historical incidences leading up to the Revolutionary War, Johnny grows from a punk to a man as he throws tea into Boston Harbor, tells the squire of Christ Church to hang 2 lanterns in the belfry tower, and mourns the aftermath of Lexington and Concord.
Read Also:
The Revolutionary War: an interactive history by Elizabeth Raum lets you choose your own path through the war. Each path is a historically documented choice made by somebody.
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson. Benjamin Franklin has a pet mouse.
"The Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osbourne has Revolutionary War on Wednesday.
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