Johnny Tremain

By Esther Hoskins Forbes

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Scheduling

We suggest reading this book in conjunction with A History of US, Book 3, chapter 13.

Reading level

Level four: Advanced children’s literature
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Curriculum details

  • Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025

About

This is one of two options included in the curriculum for historical novels about the American Revolution. Of the two, Johnny Tremain (published in 1943) is more uniformly positive about the war and American cause, whereas My Brother Sam Is Dead (published in 1974) portrays more of the negative aspects of both sides and war itself. Both books are coming-of-age stories in which the main character matures as he forms his own opinion about the war, and both work well as companions for study of the American Revolution in middle school.