Product Overview
This striking 75th Anniversary edition of this Newbery Medal-winning historical fiction classic is updated withnew jacket artand anillustrated foreword from author-illustrator Nathan Hale.
Johnny Tremainis one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. Toread 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 a bright future, injures his hand in an accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse boy, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in pivotal events from the Boston Tea Party to the shots fired at Lexington.For this anniversary edition,Nathan Hale brings his distinct graphic-novel storytelling to a new foreword.
Johnny Tremainis one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. Toread 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 a bright future, injures his hand in an accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse boy, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in pivotal events from the Boston Tea Party to the shots fired at Lexington.For this anniversary edition,Nathan Hale brings his distinct graphic-novel storytelling to a new foreword.
