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1) Johnny Tremain: a novel for old & young

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"The year is 1773; the scene is Boston. Johnny Tremain is fourteen and apprenticed to a silversmith. He is gifted and clever and lords his talent over the other apprentices - until tragedy srtikes. A crucible of molten silver breaks and the silver spills over Johnny's right hand. The hand is so badly burned, it's useless - and now, so is Johnny. Since he is no longer able to become a silversmith, Johnny's life takes a new path, one that will bring...

2) Paul Revere and the world he lived in

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Forbes, Esther

Pub. Date

[1988], c1942

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Pulitzer Prize Winners History

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Recounts the life and times of Paul Revere of Massachusetts.

3) Johnny Tremain

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Forbes, Esther

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Riverside literature
Laurel-leaf books

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Book, CD

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This book follows a young apprentice from a tragic accident in a silversmith's shop to his dramatic involvement as a patriot in the days just before the American Revolution

4) Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner

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Forbes, Esther Hoskins

Pub. Date

1998

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eBook, Kindle

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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...

5) Johnny Tremain : A Story of Boston in Revolt

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Forbes, Esther

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Book, CD

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The year is 1773 and Johnny is fourteen; the revolution is hitting Boston.

6) America's Paul Revere

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Forbes, Esther

Pub. Date

[1974]

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A biography of the patriot of the Revolution who had many trades, among them silver work, manufacture of copper, casting of bells, engraving, and destistry.

7) Johnny Tremain: 75th Anniversary

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Forbes, Esther Hoskins/ Hale, Nathan (FRW)

Pub. Date

2018

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This striking 75th Anniversary edition of this Newbery Medal-winning historical fiction classic is updated with new jacket art and an illustrated foreword from author-illustrator Nathan Hale. Johnny Tremain is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. To read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with...