Johnny Tremain is an apprentice to a silversmith in Boston right before the American Revolution. One of his fellow 'prentices plays a trick on Johnny, causing him to burn his hand in such a way that he can no longer ply his trade. In despair, Johnny seeks out a new trade. He meets the Sons of Liberty and finds himself involved with the beginnings of the Revolutionary War.

I first read this book when I was in elementary school or middle school, and remembered enjoying it quite a bit. Different aspects of it stood out to me this time around - I remembered his relationship with Cilla quite differently from how it actually was, for example - and it didn't seem quite the same story I remembered. Also, as an audiobook, I had the added layer of the narrator, a woman with an American accent that used an English accent for the soldiers, a choice I found extremely distracting. I've left the book unrated because it took a full month to read/listen, and as a result I couldn't really remember what I'd thought about the beginning once I got to the end.

A classic work of young adult historical fiction. ( )

Johnny Remain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and the excitement of Boston in the 1770's, just before the Revolutionary War. Johnny can't help being swept along by the powerful curents that will lead to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. But even more gripping than living thought the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery Johnny makes about his own life. He is able to help also even though he has injured his hand and can no longer use it to help in the silversmith shop. In the end, he learns that there is a procedure that can separate his thumb from the rest of his hand so that he will be able to have more of a use for it.

Very intricate but amazingly written. ( )

It was a great story about rebellion ( )